CHOICE lodged complaints to both the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) about non-alcoholic hand sanitisers. CHOICE asked both regulatory bodies to investigate potentially misleading advertising claims made by companies about the protection offered by quaternary ammonium compound-based hand sanitisers.
Download complaints (PDF)
- CHOICE complaint to the TGA about non-alcoholic hand sanitisers (386kb)
- CHOICE complaint to the ACCC about non-alcoholic hand sanitisers (274kb)
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