One thing hasn’t changed in the last 15 months, and that’s the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) list of recalled hand sanitizers. In fact, the list of recalled products is now longer than it has ever been during the pandemic.

The FDA has listed 255 different hand sanitizers, mostly produced and distributed in Mexico, that have been recalled. Not all recalled hand sanitizers are from Mexico, though. They come from China, South Korea, Guatemala, Poland, Turkey, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

Hand sanitizers were highly encouraged by the government as a way to keep the spread of COVID down when the virus worked its way through the states in the first half of 2020. In June 2020, the FDA announced that nine hand sanitizers from Mexico had high levels of methanol, which could have toxic effects on humans.

“Consumers who have been exposed to hand sanitizer containing methanol should seek immediate treatment, which is critical for potential reversal of toxic effects of methanol poisoning,” the FDA stated last year. “Substantial methanol exposure can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death.”

The FDA in 2020 recommended residents follow the guidelines of washing your hands for 20 seconds with soap and warm water, especially after eating, going to the bathroom and either coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose.

The FDA also recommended using a hand sanitizer that contained at least 60 percent alcohol.

“FDA remains vigilant and will continue to take action when quality issues arise with hand sanitizers,” the FDA said. “Additionally, the agency is concerned with false and misleading claims for hand sanitizers, for example that they can provide prolonged protection such as 24-hours against viruses including COVID-19, since there is no evidence to support these claims.”

The number of recalled hand sanitizers quickly went from nine to 100, and then to 200, 215 and now 255.

Here is the updated list on the FDA website, and here is a chart below (listed by product name):