Danish EPA | Hand disinfection products are recalled

The Environmental Protection Agency recalls a number of hand disinfection products containing the active substance PHMB, sold by the companies JustOrganic ApS and ICM A / S.

On April 15, 2020 and April 16, 2020, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency ordered the companies JustOrganic ApS and ICM A / S to recall the products "EcoCare Hand Sanitizer" (JustOrganic), "Bluestar Hand Disinfection" and "Bluestar Surface and Hand Disinfection" (ICM) respectively. from the dealers and users.

"JustOrganic ApS and ICM A / S have used an active substance PHMB in their hand disinfection products, which the EU's common biocidal approval system back in 2018 has assessed, should not be used in hand disinfection products," said Kim Holm Boesen, Head of the Office, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

Source: mst.dk (Automatically translated from Danish)