NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians As US Places Sanitizers On Watch List
Adeyeye said the move became necessary to help stop product falsification.
Joy Kalu 
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has notified the public that the US has placed all alcohol-based hand sanitizers, manufactured in Mexico on watch list.
NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, according to NAN.
Adeyeye said the move became necessary to help stop product falsification.
She further explained that the products will be on the US watch list until the agency is able to certify its safety.
Sge said: “The USFDA had noticed a high increase in hand sanitizer products from Mexico that were labeled to contain ethanol but tested positive for methanol contamination.
“Methanol is a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin and life-threatening when ingested.
“It is also not an acceptable ingredient in hand sanitizer or other drugs.
“Under the import alert, alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico are subject to heightened FDA scrutiny.''
