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Colgate Toothpaste Recall
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worldtraveller
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Thousands of tubes of fake Colgate toothpaste have been recalled by Sainsbury's and Boots.
Both stores have contacted customers directly and put up notices in shops concerning the counterfeit product sold between 28 November and 5 December.
Fake Colgate found in the US last year was found to contain a chemical ingredient used in anti-freeze.
Sainsbury's said there were "no health risks" with the toothpaste that it had bought from a "reputable" supplier.
"We believe there are no health risks associated with using the counterfeit toothpaste, but as it is not a genuine Colgate product we removed the affected tubes from our stores immediately," a spokesman for the supermarket said.
"We believed the supplier we bought the toothpaste from was reputable, and we are carrying out a full investigation into how this occurred so that we can prevent it from happening again," he added.
The fake toothpaste was labelled Colgate Cavity Protection and came in 100ml tubes.
BBC News
Both stores have contacted customers directly and put up notices in shops concerning the counterfeit product sold between 28 November and 5 December.
Fake Colgate found in the US last year was found to contain a chemical ingredient used in anti-freeze.
Sainsbury's said there were "no health risks" with the toothpaste that it had bought from a "reputable" supplier.
"We believe there are no health risks associated with using the counterfeit toothpaste, but as it is not a genuine Colgate product we removed the affected tubes from our stores immediately," a spokesman for the supermarket said.
"We believed the supplier we bought the toothpaste from was reputable, and we are carrying out a full investigation into how this occurred so that we can prevent it from happening again," he added.
The fake toothpaste was labelled Colgate Cavity Protection and came in 100ml tubes.
BBC News
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Yea I posted this in shop n drop forum earlier as I thought it would get more views there than in here
Its quite worrying that two well known retailers dont check properly0 -
Check the reputability of a supplier I guess, they probably paid a bit less for it and didn't do any background checks on the company etc.My suggestion and/or advice is my own and it is up to you if you follow it, please check the advice given before acting on it.0
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Stack it high, sell it cheap. Good old supermarkets caring for the community. My rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr0
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Your r button a bit stuck today, Freddie?"Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt0 -
Nope but the profanity filter will not let me say the word A R $ Eeyelinerprincess wrote: »Your r button a bit stuck today, Freddie?0 -
but you could have gotten away with arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrse
Or erse..."Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt0 -
It would help if Sains/Boots said how to tell if a particular tube of Colgate was genuine or not.
We bought some last week in Poundland at a very cheap price. (2 for £1). It does make you wonder ...0 -
they need to be checkin poundland...0
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