Hygiene check: Companies cut sanitiser, mask output SECTIONS Share Synopsis ITC, which has seen its consumer goods business surge in the December quarter, said in a quarterly earnings presentation that branded sanitisers have seen a sharp dip in sales growth. Shutterstock.com 2,852,509.0 Large companies have either halted or reduced their output of sanitisers, disinfectants and masks as demand has fallen in line with Covid numbers and the vaccine rollout. These categories had surged in the March-September period as the pandemic took hold. “Recent months have seen a drop in demand for hand sanitisers, and even related categories around sanitisers have not moved well in the last quarter,” said