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FDA Brief: FDA Withdraws Interim Guidance on Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers

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The following quote is from Patricia Cavazzoni, MD, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research:
“The FDA is committed to providing timely guidance to support continuity and response during the COVID-19 pandemic. All along, some companies have been offering regulation flexibility to help meet growing demand.
The FDA may update, revise, or withdraw policies, as needed, as appropriate needs and circumstances evolve. The availability of alcohol-based hand sanitizers from traditional vendors has increased in recent months, and these products are no longer a problem for most consumers and healthcare professionals. Therefore, we have decided that it is appropriate to withdraw the temporary guidance and allow manufacturers time to adjust their business plans related to the production of these products in accordance with these temporary policies.
The Food and Drug Administration applauds all manufacturers, large and small, for stepping in during the pandemic and providing US consumers and healthcare workers with much-demanded hand sanitizers. We are here to help those who no longer plan to manufacture hand sanitizer, and those who wish to continue to do so, to ensure compliance. ”
The FDA is an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services that protects public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and safety of human and animal medicines, vaccines and other human biological products, and medical devices. The agency is also responsible for the security of the supply of food, cosmetics, nutritional supplements, electronic radiation products in our country and is responsible for the regulation of tobacco products.


Post time: Nov-12-2022