Recall Check: Prairie Wolf Spirits Recalls All Hand Sanitizers in Water Bottle-Looking Containers

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Oklahoma company Prairie Wolf Spirits has recalled all of its hand sanitizers packaged in 16.9 fluid ounce and 20 fluid ounce containers that resemble water bottles, due to fears of ingestion.

The company announced the voluntary recall on June 21, and says in the recall notice that so far it had not received any reports of adverse reactions related to the products.

It says that the hand sanitizer, intended to be applied topically to help reduce bacteria on the skin, poses a risk of ingestion due to the packaging resembling water bottles.

“Ingesting hand sanitizer, which is intended for topical use, could potentially result in alcohol toxicity. Symptoms of alcohol toxicity may range from lack of coordination, slowed or slurred speech, drowsiness to coma, which can be fatal,” the notice reads.

Furthermore, ingesting alcohol can affect the brain and cause impaired driving or operating heavy machinery, and it can also interact with numerous drugs which may result in serious adverse effects, it adds.

“Ingesting alcohol by people with alcohol addiction may interfere with maintaining abstinence. Additionally, people with alcohol addiction may seek large amounts of ethanol-based hand sanitizers as a substitute.”

The hand sanitizer is packaged in 16.9 ounce (UPC 6000331899) and 20 ounce plastic bottles (UPC 6000365984). The product was distributed to selected customers and consumers nationwide in the United States.

Prairie Wolf Spirits says that it is notifying customers by mail for a return or replacement of the product, adding that consumers that have the product which is being recalled should stop using it and return it to the Prairie Wolf Spirits distillery, 124 E. Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma, or discard it.

Consumers with questions regarding this recall can contact Prairie Wolf Spirits by (405) 445-6448 or recall@prairiewolfspirits.com on Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., CDT.

Consumers should contact their physician or healthcare provider if they have experienced any problems that may be related to taking or using this product.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of hand sanitizer manufacturers have been hit with legal action over their products. Recently, Target was hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly falsely advertising that its Up&Up brand hand sanitizer kills 99.99 percent of germs, despite being incapable of killing many prevalent germs – including some of the most harmful ones.

In a separate class action lawsuit, Lauren Slaughter alleges Virgin Scent, the manufacturer of the brand ArtNaturals, took advantage of the pandemic to sell consumers hand sanitizers that contain the toxic chemical benzene, which is known to cause cancer.

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