Counterfeit Toothpaste Seen as a Serious Threat
Colgate-Palmolive announced on June 15th additional developments and actions
by the Company to protect consumers against possible risk from recently
reported counterfeit toothpaste.
The Company warned consumers
that the counterfeit toothpaste, which has been found in some small,
independent dollar-type discount stores, may not contain fluoride and
could contain Diethylene Glycol, an ingredient not used in Colgate
toothpaste anywhere in the world.
While I don’t want to down-play the seriousness of mis-labeled ingredients, knowing the trials of food allergies, I am hardly shocked that cheap imitation, or down-right dishonest, products are sold at dollar stores.
Other clues are several
misspelled words on the product carton including: “isclinically”
“SOUTH AFRLCA” “South African Dental Assoxiation”.
In light of our current climate of constant recalls, I have subscribed to the
RSS feed for FDA recalls. I’ll pass on those that are specifically local, or like this one, just entertaining.
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March 25th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
[...] The FDA is urging consumers to discard Honduran cantaloupes after a salmonella outbreak sickened 59, including at least 14 in the Pacific Northwest. While the Honduran government argues about whether they should be blamed, or the canteloup picked up the germs whilst in transit, I say it doesn’t really matter to the consumer where it is contaminated. Either toss the fruit or wash it very carefully. Like you always do, right? Being the paranoid, er, careful, consumer that I am, I keep an eye on the FDA recalls. [...]