Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. has issued a voluntary recall of some of its hand sanitizer products due to the presence of alcohol denatured with methanol, which poses significant health risks to consumers.
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"Although all persons using these products on their hands are at risk, young children who accidentally ingest these products and adolescents and adults who drink these products as an alcohol substitute are most at risk for methanol poisoning," the company said in a statement. Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 80% and Aruba Aloe Alcoholada Gel due to presence of methanol.Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel comes in 12 fl oz dark green plastic bottles with a white label. The label reads in part, "ARUBA ALOE Hand Sanitizer GEL 80% Alcohol Made in Aruba World's Finest Aloe" with the barcode 0 82252 03300 5.
These products were sold exclusively online via the Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. website during the specified distribution timeframe.Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. has taken steps to notify customers who purchased these product lots via email and is offering a discount coupon for a future purchase as compensation.
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