Safety Report: Tennessee Technical Coatings Corp. Hand Sanitizer - recalled due to Product contains methanol, Tennessee, USA

Tennessee, United States

Tennessee Technical Coatings Corp. is voluntarily recalling all lots of HAND SANITIZER Isopropyl Alcohol Antiseptic 75% to the consumer/user level. FDA analysis has found the product to contain methanol. To date, Tennessee Technical Coatings Corp. has not received any reports of adverse events related to this recall.

Risk Statement: Substantial methanol exposure can result in nausea, vomiting, headache blurred vision, coma, seizures, permanent blindness, permanent damage to the central nervous system, or death. Although all persons using these products on their hands are at risk, young children who accidently ingest these products and adolescents and adults who drink these products as an alcohol (ethanol) substitute, are most at risk for methanol poisoning.

These products are used as hand sanitizers and marketed to help decrease bacteria on the skin when soap and water are not available. HAND SANITIZER Isopropyl Alcohol Antiseptic 75% is packaged in one-gallon plastic jugs. The affected HAND SANITIZER Isopropyl Alcohol Antiseptic 75% lots include the following batch numbers:

- Batch Number: 421002 (One Gallon). NDC: 76921-000-01
- Batch Number: 422001 (One Gallon). NDC: 76921-000-01
- Batch Number: 429001 (One Gallon). NDC: 76921-000-01
- Batch Number: 521001 (One Gallon). NDC: 76921-000-01
- Batch Number: 622003 (One Gallon). NDC: 76921-000-01
- Batch Number: 806001 (One Gallon). NDC: 76921-000-01

The product can be identified by the representative label below. The hand sanitizer was distributed in Tennessee, USA to retail customers and to wholesale companies who further distributed between approximately April 2020 and August 2020.

Tennessee Technical Coatings is notifying its distributors and customers by letter, and telephone and is arranging for return of all recalled products. Consumers/distributors/retailers that have HAND SANITIZER Isopropyl Alcohol Antiseptic 75% which is being recalled should stop using, return to place of purchase/contact their doctor.

Company name: Tennessee Technical Coatings Corp.
Brand name: Tennessee Technical Coatings Corp.
Product recalled: Hand Sanitizer
Reason of the recall: Product contains methanol
FDA Recall date: March 07, 2022

Check the full recall details on www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/tennessee-technical-coatings-corp-issues-nationwide-voluntary-recall-hand-sanitizer-isopropyl

Source: FDA