Does anyone have the regulations or format of how hand sanitizers must be code dated?
does anyone have the regulations or format of how hand sanitizers must be code dated?
I work for a flavor company and we are temporarily making hand sanitizer. We are using our regular lot code system for the hand sanitizer, with a "Best By" date in addition to the lot code. It seems to be an industry standard for hand sanitizer to have a best by date of 2 years.
I work for a flavor company and we are temporarily making hand sanitizer. We are using our regular lot code system for the hand sanitizer, with a "Best By" date in addition to the lot code. It seems to be an industry standard for hand sanitizer to have a best by date of 2 years.
What happens after 2 years ?
Hi Kara,
thanks for the link. The comments seem mainly plausible.
Amazingly, nowhere could I find a link or reference to an actual validation of a hand sanitizer shelf life except for one article whose procedure took 4 days !
However I did notice this vaguely intriguing comment -
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Based on a random search of promoted products/articles you could just as easily support a labelled shelf life of 3 years.
As an elementary example, afaik the usual (effectiveness) requirement is minimum 60% alcohol.
The shelf life is typically claimed to be predicated on an evaluation of when the % alcohol has lost 10% (relative) of its original value.
So if you buy 70% alcohol then, by definition, it should still be effective after it's expiration date,