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Colgate: Low risk from counterfeits
NEW YORK - Personal-care products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. said Friday there is a low health risk to consumers who purchased tubes of counterfeit toothpaste, which were recalled because they may contain a poisonous chemical.


The company, which conducted its own analysis on counterfeit samples, said both it and the

Food and Drug Administration came to the same conclusion.

On Thursday MS USA Trading, Inc. of North Bergen, N.J., the importer involved in the initial recall announcement, said the toothpaste may contain diethylene glycol, a chemical found in antifreeze.

The company said the 5-ounce or 100 ml toothpaste, imported from South Africa, was sold in discount stores in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

"Made in South Africa" is printed on the boxes, which include Regular, Gel, Triple and Herbal versions. There may also be several misspelled words on the package including "isclinically", "SOUTH AFRLCA" and "South African Dental Assoxiation."

Colgate said it is currently picking up suspected counterfeit products at discount stores where it was reportedly distributed and checking to make sure all accounts handling Colgate toothpaste in the United States do not have the counterfeit product.

Colgate said it is providing more representatives on its consumer information line, extending its hours and adding weekend hours to help answer questions.

The consumer information line is 1-800-468-6502.

africanhope

A huge investigation is under way here into the whole matter, so I will keep you posted!

AH

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Shame on Colgate??

Even when you bold the word "counterfeit" you clearly don't know the meaning of the word. Let me explain. A COUNTERFEIT product is NOT MADE by the company it represents. It is a fake and in this case, the Colgate company didn't make it.

In other words, "shame on Colgate" is incorrect because they didn't make the toothpaste containing diethylene glycol.

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