Blumen and Assured Hand Sanitizers
November 2020: This case was transferred from a court in New Jersey to one in New York. (Case No. 20-cv-9652, S.D.N.Y.)
August 2020: A class-action lawsuit was filed against 4e Brands for allegedly deceptively representing that the active ingredient in Blumen and Assured hand sanitizers is ethyl alcohol when, according to the complaint, the active ingredient in them is the toxic substance methanol. (Sanders et al v. 4e Brands North America LLC, Case No. 20-cv-10713, D.N.J.)
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