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Thursday’s New York Times reports
June 28, 2007
Wider Sale Seen for Toothpaste Tainted in China
By WALT BOGDANICH
After federal health officials discovered last month that tainted Chinese toothpaste had entered the United States, they warned that it would most likely be found in discount stores.
In fact, the toothpaste has been distributed much more widely. Roughly 900,000 [...]
Following up on the toxic counterfeit toothpaste news:
Discount Counterfeits Can Be Dangerous (FORBES): Discount stores that scour the world for deals sometimes give shoppers something they didn’t bargain for: bogus products of uncertain origin that may even be dangerous. A prime example: this week’s recall of toothpaste believed to be both counterfeit and toxic.
Lax [...]
Toothpaste sold in discount stores in four U.S. states and labeled Colgate (described as counterfeit by Colgate) are being recalled because they may contain a poisonous chemical, according to the importer of the tubes.
A Food and Drug Administration official, Doug Arbesfeld, confirmed Wednesday that testing had found the chemical in a product with the Colgate [...]
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