FDA對包裝成食品或飲料的洗手液進行警告

FDA對包裝成食品或飲料的洗手液進行警告

A teacher sprays hand sanitizer on a student's hands at an elementary school in Surprise, Arizona, on Aug. 20, 2020. The FDA is warning consumers about misleading packaging of hand sanitizers that look like food or drink.

2020年8月20日，亞利桑那州的一所小學，一名教師在學生手上噴灑洗手液。美國食品和藥物管理局警告消費者，洗手液包裝有誤導性，看起來像食品或飲料。

"The agency has discovered that some hand sanitizers are being packaged in beer cans, children's food pouches, water bottles, juice bottles and vodka bottles," a news release from the agency said. "Additionally, the FDA has found hand sanitizers that contain food flavors, such as chocolate or raspberry."

該機構的一份新聞稿稱:“該機構發(fā)現(xiàn)一些洗手液被包裝在啤酒罐、兒童食品袋、水瓶、果汁瓶和伏特加瓶中。”“此外，F(xiàn)DA還發(fā)現(xiàn)洗手液中含有巧克力或覆盆子等食品口味。”

The FDA received a report of a consumer who bought what they thought was drinking water but was actually hand sanitizer, the release said. There was also a report of a hand sanitizer product that used children's cartoons in marketing that came in a pouch that resembled a snack.

FDA收到一份報告稱，一名消費者購買了他們以為是飲用水的東西，但實際上是洗手液。還有一份報告稱，一款在營銷中使用兒童漫畫的洗手液產(chǎn)品，裝在一個類似零食的小袋里。

"I am increasingly concerned about hand sanitizer being packaged to appear to be consumable products, such as baby food or beverages. These products could confuse consumers into accidentally ingesting a potentially deadly product. It's dangerous to add scents with food flavors to hand sanitizers which children could think smells like food, eat and get alcohol poisoning," FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said in the release.

“我越來越擔心洗手液被包裝成消耗品，比如嬰兒食品或飲料。這些產(chǎn)品可能會誤導消費者，讓他們意外地吞下潛在的致命產(chǎn)品。在洗手液中加入食物味道是很危險的，孩子們會覺得聞起來像食物，吃了就會酒精中毒。”FDA局長斯蒂芬·哈恩博士在發(fā)布會上說。

Hahn said that manufacturers should be vigilant about the packaging and marketing of hand sanitizers in food or drink packages, so that any potential inadvertent use by consumers can be mitigated.

哈恩說，生產(chǎn)商應該對食品或飲料包裝中的洗手液的包裝和銷售保持警惕，這樣消費者可能無意使用洗手液的情況就可以得到緩解。

The FDA will continue to monitor these products and take appropriate action where needed, Hahn said.

FDA將繼續(xù)監(jiān)控這些產(chǎn)品，并在需要的時候采取適當?shù)拇胧?，哈恩說。

Hand sanitizer can be toxic when ingested and even a small amount can be potentially lethal to a young child.

洗手液在攝入時可能有毒，即使少量也可能對幼兒致命。

Stay away from methanol
遠離甲醇

The FDA has continued to warn consumers and health care workers not to use hand sanitizers containing methanol or wood alcohol, which is often used to create fuel and antifreeze and can be toxic.

FDA繼續(xù)警告消費者和衛(wèi)生保健工作者不要使用含有甲醇或木酒精的洗手液，這些通常用于制造燃料和防凍劑，可能有毒。

Recently, people have gotten sick and died after swallowing hand sanitizer containing methanol, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported earlier this month. Four people died and others have suffered impaired vision or seizures, the CDC said.

據(jù)美國疾病控制和預防中心本月早些時候報道，最近，有人在吞下含甲醇的洗手液后生病死亡。疾病控制中心說，4人死亡，其他人視力受損或癲癇發(fā)作。

While hand sanitizer is useful for cleaning one's hands during the coronavirus pandemic, it's not safe to swallow, the CDC cautioned. "Alcohol-based hand sanitizer products should never be ingested," the CDC said in an August 14 report.

美國疾病控制與預防中心警告說，雖然在冠狀病毒大流行期間洗手液可以用來清潔雙手，但吞食它是不安全的。美國疾病控制與預防中心在8月14日的一份報告中說:“絕不應該攝入含酒精的洗手液。”