A labelling mix-up at an Australian gin distillery resulted in a customer falling ill after mistakenly drinking hand sanitiser.

Hand sanitiser labelled as gin

Bottles of hand sanitisers were incorrectly labelled as "SS Casino Dry Gin" and were on sale for roughly two days, between June 5 to June 7.

A recall was issued by Apollo Bay Distillery after nine bottles of hand sanitisers that were incorrectly labelled had been sold at the Great Ocean Road Brewhouse in Victoria state.

The hand sanitisers, which contained glycerol and hydrogen peroxide could cause injury or illness if consumed, according to Food Standards Australia.

Possible side effects include "nausea, headaches, dizziness, bloating, vomiting, thirst, and diarrhoea".

One consumer sick after supposedly drinking hand sanitiser

Responding to the recall on the Apollo Bay’s Facebook page, one consumer said she felt sick and required medication after drinking a glass of 'SS Casino Dry Gin', 7News Australia reported.

"Had one glass of this at lunchtime and had a really bad headache and felt nauseous about one hour after and had to take nausea tablets and Nurofen," the consumer wrote.

According to the user, her friend had purchased the bottle during the two days where the incorrectly-label hand sanitisers were on sale.

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