The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has advised
citizens to be wary of substandard hand sanitisers as they protect themselves
from coronavirus.
SON explained that the genuine ones have alcohol which can
be perceived by the user.
The agency regretted that fake types of the product were
being sold in markets across Nigeria.
NAN reports that the acting State Coordinator of SON in
Plateau, James Yakzam, spoke on Friday in Jos.
He said: “Hand sanitiser are surposed to be alcohol based.
But SON observed that some products in the market are void of alcohol and as
such lacks the efficacy to kill germs or sanitiser the hands.
“They were concocted with all sorts of materials that could
be detrimental to the end user. There is a specified standard for alcohol based
hand sanitiser.”
The official advised that people who want to produce hand
sanitiser locally to visit SON offices to seek proper guidelines for production
and for the purchase of required alcohol.
Yakzam announced that SON will be going round shops to seize
substandard hand sanitisers that do not meet the specified requirement.
He vowed that anyone caught selling substandard sanitisers
will be prosecuted.
“I want to advise the general public to stop purchasing
manufactured products without SON’s certification,’’ Yakzam counselled.
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