647. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the attention of the professional personnel in his Department was drawn to a red flag warning which was widely reported in toxicology and regulatory circles and raised by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America earlier in summer 2020, detailing serious concerns regarding high methanol levels in some imported Mexican hand sanitiser products; if not, the reason; if his Department put in place effective measures and procedures to identify and locate these products in Ireland; if an assurance will be given that all entries into and on the Biocidal Product Registers are now being appropriately reviewed and re-examined for adverse toxicological affects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42855/20]

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647. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the attention of the professional personnel in his Department was drawn to a red flag warning which was widely reported in toxicology and regulatory circles and raised by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America earlier in summer 2020, detailing serious concerns regarding high methanol levels in some imported Mexican hand sanitiser products; if not, the reason; if his Department put in place effective measures and procedures to identify and locate these products in Ireland; if an assurance will be given that all entries into and on the Biocidal Product Registers are now being appropriately reviewed and re-examined for adverse toxicological affects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42855/20]

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