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."
The margin for error has increased along with the number and variety of businesses making alcohol-based sanitizer to meet US consumer demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to noncompliant labels and formulations, the US Food and Drug Administration is finding some hand sanitizer marketers are...