Department of Education learned of hand sanitiser recall two days before it alerted schools

The hand sanitiser in question, Virapro, contains methanol rather than ethannol, which can be harmful. It has been removed from shelves. File Picture: Pexels

The Department of Education has said that it was told that a range of hand sanitisers being used in schools had been recalled due to public health fears on Tuesday, two days before it alerted schools.

However, the Department said in a statement on Thursday that the notice from Agriculture had come by phone, not formally.