In the store "Maslenka" on the Berezovsky tract, 4/1 individual entrepreneur was selling a hazardous glass-washing liquid under the brand Polar Star-30 C °. The level of methanol in it was exceeded more than 10 times.

"During the administrative investigation, samples of the non-freezing liquid Polar Star-30 C ° for carrying out laboratory tests were selected, and also commodity-accompanying documents. In respect of an individual entrepreneur, a protocol has been drawn up for. 2 items. 14. 43 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. The protocol was sent to the Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region, "the Rospotrebnadzor department in the Sverdlovsk region.

The Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region drew an individual entrepreneur to administrative liability by h. 2 items. 14. 43 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and appointed him a penalty in the form of a fine for a total of 30,000 rubles.

In connection with the increasing frequency of selling on the territory of the Russian Federation a windshield washer that does not meet the established sanitary and epidemiological requirements, Rospotrebnadzor recommends that motorists carefully consider the choice of windshield washer fluid.

We remind you that methanol (methyl alcohol) is a strong predominantly nervous and vascular poison with a pronounced cumulative effect, that is, possessing the ability to accumulate in the body; with any method of introducing methyl alcohol, the lesions of the optic nerve and the retina of the eyes are typical; vapors of methyl alcohol strongly irritate the mucous membranes of the eyes and respiratory tract;

the effect of vapors leads to irritation of the respiratory tract, headaches, ringing in the ears, trembling, neuritis, visual disturbances.

We draw the attention of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs involved in the turnover of vehicle care products, which the Resolution of the Chief State Doctor of the Russian Federation of 11. 07. 2007 No. 47 prohibited the use of methyl alcohol in this product, as well as sales to the public of these funds if they have methanol.