A mum has issued a warning to parents after her toddler 'became drowsy' when his gran accidentally fed him handsanitizer she thought was baby food.
Nikki Teixeira's 18-month-old son Logan "immediately turned red and started coughing" after consuming the Trolls-branded germ killer before becoming drowsy.
The distraught mum, of Manitoba, Canada, told Good Morning America how she'd bought the sanitizer for her seven-year-old stepdaughter, to take to school.
But because of the packaging it resembled baby food pouches she had previously fed her son.
After Logan had eaten some his panick-stricken gran realised what it was before calling her neighbour and then emergency services because he became a "little bit dozy and out of it".
Ms Teixeira said within five minutes he was "falling asleep" - though was fully alert again by the time paramedics arrived who took him to hospital as a precaution.
The mum shared a picture of the Trolls World Tour pouch online on August 25 warning parents against buying the product.
"Please DO NOT buy these cute hand sanitizer pouches from Wal-Mart that can easily be mistaken for a food pouch," she wrote in a Facebook post.
"The way it was packaged and displayed with hand sanitizers, I didn't even think of it looking like a food.
"It is my hope to warn others of this misleading packaging. Ultimately, I would like to see them off the shelves completely."
The package contains a small warning, saying: "Do Not Eat".
Smart Care, the company behind the product, has since removed the item from shops, reports ABC News.
"As safety is our No. 1 priority, we have switched out this packaging for our bottled hand sanitizer to eliminate any misconception or concern," the company spokesperson told the news outlet.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a regularly updated do-not-use list regarding hand sanitiser at www.fda.gov/handsanitizerlist.
