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The Directorate General for the Repression of Fraud (DGCCRF), proceeded on Monday to recall bottles of hydroalcoholic gel of the brand Symex, sold under the name under the name of "Hand Sanitizer". Available in pharmacies and on the internet, these products actually have too little alcohol to properly disinfect and eliminate the coronavirus. "The problem is the illusion of security", explains to Europe 1 Loïc Tanguy, director of cabinet at the DGCCRF.
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"You think you have a product that protects you. Here we are on a product that had a really low alcohol content and therefore that was not going to have sufficient virucidal activity. So it is true that it is a dangerous product, "concludes the fraud enforcement expert.
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That said, no need to worry, the vast majority of gels sold in France are effective. "This is only the second recall that we have been operating at the national level since the beginning of March," says Loïc tanguy. "The vast majority of the products that we observed during our controls were products that were compliant."
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The man, however, calls for vigilance. "For consumers, we must ensure that we have a biocidal gel, that is to say a gel that is made to eliminate viruses," explains Loïc Tanguy. "If you are dealing with a product that is only cleaning, you will not be effective enough. You should also not hesitate to ask your merchant if the gel is a biocidal gel, which will protect you from viruses. "