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ACI, CHPA Urge FDA: Withdraw Allowance for Emergency Sanitizer Production April 30, 2021 Contact Author Rachel Grabenhofer
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In an appeal to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) urged the agency to withdraw its emergency guidance allowing non-traditional manufacturers to produce hand sanitizers, citing safety concerns.
The ACI and CHPA wrote, In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, FDA issued its Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy for Preparation of Certain Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public Health Emergency (COVID-19), to help meet unprecedented demand, allowing non-traditional sanitizer companies to manufacture these FDA-regulated products. While FDA’s temporary guidance provides instructions for developing hand sanitizers, the newer manufacturers were not required to meet FDA’s typical manufacturing requirements which
False Ad Suit Against CVS Hand Sanitizer Gains Ground April 30, 2021 Contact Author Rachel Grabenhofer
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According to a report by Law360, plaintiff Joseph Mier initially sought, in March 2021, to certify a class of California residents who bought CVS Health brand hand sanitizer under the alleged misleading label that it kills up to 99.99% of germs. He underlined that there are a number of pathogens it cannot kill.
On April 29, 2021, California s U.S. District Judge David O. Carter approved the certification, Law360 reports, which suggests a future class action suit against the company. CVS reportedly put forth several arguments as to why the class should not be certified, including that not more than 40 individuals bought the sanitizer based on the allegedly misleading label; those arguments were rejected.
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