Members of the public have been advised to stop using all Virapro-branded sanitary products after it emerged that several are not authorised for use in the State.
The Department of Agriculture made the announcement late on Friday night, a day after a specific hand sanitiser made by the company was recalled from the
"The company concerned has been advised to withdraw all of these products from the market,"
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