Hand sanitizer recall: Some Aruba Aloe hand sanitizer, gel products recalled due to warnings of methanol contamination [Video]

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.

Forty lots of Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 80% and Aruba Aloe Alcoholada Gel were found to have contained methanol, the company said Friday in a press release in conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

“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 (ethanol) substitute are most at risk for methanol poisoning,” the company said in a statement.

The company said there have been no reported adverse events related to these products thus far, but methanol exposure can lead to severe consequences, including nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, coma, seizures, permanent blindness, and …