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'NEXT' Hand Sanitizer Has Been Recalled; DLCA Calling on VI Businesses to Remove Product From Store Shelves

The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA) Division of Consumer Affairs on Monday notified the public that on Tuesday, July 30, 2020, Albek de Mexico S.A. de C.V issued a voluntarily nationwide recall of specific lots and brands of hand sanitizer currently in United States distribution to the consumer level. The recall was a cautionary measure due to a detection of methanol in hand sanitizer samples manufactured by Albek when the product was presented for import into the United States. NEXT Hand Sanitizer is one of the products that is being recalled and is currently sold in the USVI, according to DLCA. The affected Next Hand Sanitizer lots include those that end in; 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004 and 1005 with a UPC of 650240053573. As per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), substantial methanol exposure could result in serious health effects (including nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, nervous ...