Kathmandu,12 September: The Department of Drug Administration (DoDA) is all set to take action against five industries for producing substandard sanitizers, thereby posing threat to public health.
Four such industries from Kathmandu and one from Bhaktapur district were blacklisted for producing sanitizer with the use of toxic chemical methanol. The Department said it would impose fine along with compensation of the damage caused by them and even close the industries for ever.
‘Instant hand sanitizer original’ produced by Housing Shop and Chemical, ‘advanced hand sanitizer’ produced by Chemical Food and Industry, ‘instant hand sanitizer: refreshing gel’ by Search Chem Cum Herbal Product, ‘Suryamukhi hand sanitizer’ by Suryamukhi Herbal Product from Kathmandu, and by ‘instant hand sanitizer’ by Kayakalpa Industry from Bhaktapur were found using poisonous methanol, according to DoDA.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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