With a global pandemic underway, companies have gotten creative to meet the demand for hand sanitizer but the Food and Drug Administration warns some of that creativity may be dangerous to consumers.The FDA issued a warning this week about alcohol-based hand sanitizers being packaged in containers that may look like food or drink items.
According to the agency, “some hand sanitizers are being packaged in beer cans, children’s food pouches, water bottles, juice bottles and vodka bottles.”The agency also found some sanitizers contain food flavors, causing even more consumer confusion.Recently, the FDA learned of a person who purchased a bottle they thought contained drinking water but it was hand sanitizer.Ingesting hand sanitizer can be.