Open in app Sign up Sign in Write Sign up Sign in ![\\"\\"](\\" # TRUE: KEBS has suspended the permits of eight hand sanitizer manufacturers ## Kenya Bureau of Standards withdrew its certification after the products failed to meet the required quality standards for instant hand sanitizers. ![\\"PesaCheck\\"](\\" ![\\"PesaCheck\\"](\\" PesaCheck · Follow Published in PesaCheck · 4 min read · May 21, 2020 \-- Listen Share ![\\"\\"](\\" A Facebook post claiming that the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has suspended permits of eight hand sanitizer brands for not meeting the required standard is TRUE. The affected products include Alphax, manufactured by Kings Palace, Clean Essentials by Virtuelle Products Ltd and G & L by Orange Pharma. Others are Bidco Africa’s Gentle Care, Lili (Kenbrands International Company), Msiri (Mafleva International Ltd), Shi shi Natural (Shishi Naturals) and Spotless Advanced (Havana East Africa Trading). On May 17, KEBS announced that it was suspending the permits of the listed manufacturers of hand sanitizers, adding that it would withdraw the use of KEBS standardization stickers by the affected brands. This decision was arrived at following market surveillance that showed the products did not meet the required instant hand sanitizers specifications. Some of the general requirements include the hand sanitizers having an acceptable odour, and being clear, colourless, and in the form of liquid gel. “The manufactures of the said products are instructed to discontinue manufacturing or offering for sale the affected sanitizers. The manufacturers are required to recall all the substandard sanitizers from the market and institute corrective actions whose effectiveness shall be confirmed by KEBS before the suspension of permits is lifted,” read the statement. KEBS urged the public to be on the lookout for products suspected to be substandard and verify that the KEBS mark of quality on products is valid. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are recommended by the World Health Organization as one of the ways to prevent transmission and slow the spread of COVID-19 due to their ability to inactivate the coronavirus. PesaCheck has looked into the claim that KEBS has suspended permits of eight hand sanitizer manufacturers over low quality and found it to be TRUE. This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as _potential misinformation_ on Facebook and other social media platforms. By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds. 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KEBS has suspended permits of 8 hand sanitiser makers