Disinfectants, particularly those used in medical settings, are regulated, both to make sure that they are effective at disinfecting, and to make sure that they don't have negative (e.g. toxic) properties on people or animals or households.
The OECD summarizes the situation in a few countries from (in alphabetical order) Australia to the United States:
Emergency responses for the supply of disinfectants against Covid-19
Some further information is available on the website of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Some regulatory processes have been speeded up during the covid-19 pandemic, to allow new entrants into the market to relieve shortages. One consequence of that is that, in the U.S. you can now buy bourbon-scented hand sanitizer, from bourbon distilleries in Kentucky and elsewhere:
See Public Sale of Hand Sanitizer – Kentucky Bourbon Trail
The OECD summarizes the situation in a few countries from (in alphabetical order) Australia to the United States:
Emergency responses for the supply of disinfectants against Covid-19
Some further information is available on the website of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Some regulatory processes have been speeded up during the covid-19 pandemic, to allow new entrants into the market to relieve shortages. One consequence of that is that, in the U.S. you can now buy bourbon-scented hand sanitizer, from bourbon distilleries in Kentucky and elsewhere:
See Public Sale of Hand Sanitizer – Kentucky Bourbon Trail
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