TAGS: Toiletries
AAA Cosmética, S.A. de C.V. voluntarily recalls all lots of bio aaa Advance Hand Sanitizer. The products are being recalled due to the potential presence of methanol (wood alcohol).
Methanol Exposure Causes Health Problems
Substantial methanol exposure could result in nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system, or death.
Persons using these products on their hands may be at risk; however young children who accidently ingest them and adolescents and adults who drink these products are most at risk for methanol poisoning. To date, AAA Cosmética has not received any complaints or adverse event reports related to this recall.
AAA Cosmética Notifies the Distributors
The product is used as a hand sanitizer and it is packaged in 480 mL plastic bottles. AAA Cosmetica is recalling the following bio aaa Advance Hand Sanitizer lots, all of which bear the expiration date of April 2022.
AAA Cosmética has notified its distributor, who will help notify its customers by phone calls, emails, and letters. AAA Cosmética is arranging for refund and destruction of recalled products. Consumers/distributors/retailers that have bio aaa Hand Sanitizer should stop using or distributing the products immediately.
Source: FDA