the list Friday. Health Canada expands hand sanitizer recall over industrial-strength ethanol The product — 204 Hand Sanitizer — is not authorized for sale in Canada, Health Canada said in its notice.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The federal agency temporarily authorized the use of technical-grade ethanol — a grade less pure than pharmaceutical or food-grade ethanol — in hand sanitizers amid a shortage of the purer stuff in April at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.However, manufacturers have to source their technical-grade ethanol from a Health Canada-authorized list of suppliers and receive an approval letter from the federal agency to produce alcohol-based sanitizers.Health Canada said.