When we first noted the shortage of and subsequent call out for hand sanitizer it was something that fell right in our wheelhouse.  Having access to the reagents, bottles, labels etc plus a great place to set up an operation it seemed natural to ante up one of our new stock cold brew vessels, some space and some time not being social towards the enterprise of making a batch and doing some general good . 

Midweek We set out on a porch pickup mission gathering up the supplies to make a small initial run. Adhered to a standard recipe closely testing with an alchometer and following the production guide closely.  

On realizing  early the following saturday we needed approval for even a small batch to use,  donate, give away for promo use or sell when labelled "hand sanitizer" we set out to pull back the offering and rebrand.  . Not wanting to violate advertising standards or run afoul of regulators we decided to just offer the novelty item seen in our initial response  for its many other useful properties and at worst just sell through the first run that way. Contact with health canada the following monday however put us in touch  some helpful people  who advised that there was a very large need. So that considered. plus our access to more supplies prompted us to make the decision to pursue additional production.  They  got us on the road to licensed with  a list of links and application forms we hastily filled and filed followed by some patient pacing waiting for site and product licenses.  Which Leads us to proudly present  our official response 75% Isopropyl Hand Sanitizer by Joe Nitro.

We hope you at least enjoyed the lighthearted approach to the initial response. Sometimes you gotta laugh.