14 hand sanitizer brands recalled

Kenya Bureau of Standards has suspended 14 brands of hand sanitizers for failing to meet quality requirements following a recently conducted surveillance.

14 hand sanitizer brands recalled

On Wednesday 47 sanitizer brands were collected and assessed against the Standards Act in the surveillance. 33 of them, representing 70% of the brands, met the requirements while the 14 failed.

The 14 non-compliant hand sanitizer brands and their manufacturers are:

  1. Shoka (Trident M. Limited)
  2. BlueKing (Blue Bubble Homecare)
  3. Jet (Kamili Packers Ltd)
  4. Kayda Care (Kayda Company Ltd)
  5. Apocan (Apocan Enterprises)
  6. My choice (Hanse Impex Ltd)
  7. Safe Touch (Brussels Laboratories)
  8. Afya (Diamond Industries Ltd)
  9. Labcare (Laboratory and allied Ltd)
  10. Aroma (Lusaki Ltd)
  11. Clear Hands (Syner-Chemie Ltd)
  12. Comely (Comely E.A Ltd)
  13. Germshild (Interconsumer Products Ltd)
  14. Sari (Nia Cosmetics Ltd)