[Recalled] Target.com: Large Hand Sanitizer (Born Basic Hand Sanitizer) For $3.99 & Free Shipping With REDcard

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• Why would you buy a generic hand sanitizer? would you buy a generic condom brand? i'm puzzled by people sometimes.

  • There were some name brands that contained methenol but were removed prior to this list.

  • Were you even around in March/April?
    Besides generics are often made in the same place and from the same things as national brands. Next time you see a generic turn if over and read it. A good example of this is coffee. You will see national coffee brands listed in tiny print on the bottom of some generic coffees.

    • Another example is Great Value laundry detergent. It's hard to find, but on the back it mentions something about being produced by a major player in the detergent game (I believe it's Gain if I remember correctly).

    • nope I wasn't around in March/April

      • Well welcome to the world you big baby

        • i mean I was overseas.. I just got back to the U.S and shit is crazy and out of control here.

  • If it wasn’t for a generic condom half of the current administration in Washington wouldn’t be alive.

  • Because it was nearly impossible to get at the start of the pandemic because scalpers buying out entire lots. People were just getting what they could.

• I assume that I take it back to the store for a refund ?

  Link to the target recall

  https://help.target.com/help/targetguesthelpprarticledetail?articleId=ka91Y000000L64wQAC&articleTitle=Born+Basic+Hand+Sanitizer&newsSafetyParCat=Product+Safety+%26+Recalls&productRecallCat=Product+recalls&searchQuery=search+help

  I did not get an email and the date code for the product I got is on the list

• This president seems hell bent on getting Americans killed.

  If trump was a russian agent, he would have been the most successful agent by far. Putin, telling his old KGB mates, this is how you recruit agents.

  • PS - we all know that 9 out of 10 gender studies professors and young American communists agree that "orange man bad".

  • debit - have you sought help for your TDS?

• Technically, the recall is only for certain lots of this product. I checked lot number on my bottle against list, my bottle seems to be ok.

  • Return it or trash it. From the FDA’s 7/27 update “Importantly, the FDA is urging consumers not to use any hand sanitizer products from the particular manufacturers on the list even if the product or particular lot number are not listed since some manufacturers are recalling only certain – but not all – of their hand sanitizer products” (https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-reiterates-warning-about-dangerous-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers)

  • Where do you check this? I was about to go return it this weekend

• I was wondering about this. Went through the FDA list meticulously the other day and it seems only certain lot numbers and 70% alcohol ones were recalled. Mine was 65% and the lot number wasn't on the list. I haven't received an email from Target. Pretty confusing stuff.

• Seems to me FDA should also maintain an approved list and test products with a priority for high market share items.

  As of now, FDA seems to be only testing imported products. I know for a fact there are numerous hand sanitizer brands with American logo in my grocery store, did FDA test any of those?

  • This was in the recall list -
    Leiper's Fork Distillery (Tennessee)

  • Maybe that's the point. To start selling ONLY products made in the USA. I don't trust the FDA period, at this point. And think about how many years everybody was using these so-called imported tainted hand sanitizers and not a peep from the FDA.

• haven't heard from target. i got my info off FDA website. tried to discretely DM @target on twitter, but they don't accept messages. target also does not have an email address at which you can ask a question. looks like they want you to call during business hours! this policy is so inconvenient, it makes me wonder if they are intentionally trying to discourage me from following up on this.

  I'd encourage everyone to tweet at them, @target.

  • Did you try chat support on their website?

    • I started there.

• Are they giving refunds for the bottles we bought in store or otherwise? I haven't received the email yet it seems even if I ordered from them.

  • I never received any email but through their twitter support they were able to refund me.

• I think this post should be more specific - I did get my "large" hand sanitizer at Target for $3.99 but it was Target up & up branded and 32oz (right when the pandemic started). I don't think that one was covered by this recall.

  • Good point, added item name to title and also in the update.

• how does hand sanitizer get recalled?

  edit: apparently methanol i guess supposedly