Hand Sanitizers Offered In Liquor Bottles Among Emerging Concerns Under US FDA's Pandemic Rule
Executive Summary
Allowing "significant flexibility" for making OTC sanitizers has led to more than 1,500 additional manufacturers registered with FDA to produce hand sanitizer. But the agency says it "is addressing safety concerns related to products being sold that are not in line with the FDA's policy and others being marketed with unproven claims."
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