FDA lacks evidence for case against Triad

Federal regulators have found no firm link between contaminated alcohol wipes made by a Wisconsin company and hundreds of reported ailments, from rashes to at least eight deaths, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said this week. There may be a connection between the wipes made by Triad Group and the incidents, the agency said, but investigators lacked key evidence to establish such a link in the cases they examined. Those reported incidents were prompted by the January recall of the wipes, which the agency found were contaminated with the Bacillus cereus bacterium. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 9/19)