The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has ordered eight companies in the country to remove their hand sanitisers from the market for failing to meet the country's required standard.
Among the companies that have been instructed to discontinue manufacturing and distributing hand sanitisers into the market is Bidco Africa which manufactures Gentle Care hand sanitisers.
According to Kebs, the hand sanitisers were ascertained as not meeting the requirements of KS EAS 789; Kenya Standard specification for Instant Hand Sanitizers.
The affected hand sanitisers include Alphax, manufactured by Kings Palace Ruiru, Clean Essentials manufactured by Virtuelle Products Ltd, G&L manufacturer by Orange Pharma and Gentle Care manufactured by Bidco Africa.
The government said it will continue to crack the whip on any company which does not meet standard requirements while manufacturing products for consumer use.
