Counterfeit Colgate toothpaste recalled

[Horse with no Name]

:eyes:Of COURSE it's counterfeit.:eyes: It's a damn shame that we can't trust anything corporations say these days.:(
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19214360/
The Colgate-Palmolive Company said Thursday that 5-ounce tubes of counterfeit toothpaste sold in discount stores in four states under a Colgate label are being recalled because they may contain a poisonous chemical.

A Food and Drug Administration official, Doug Arbesfeld, said Wednesday that testing had found the chemical in a product with the Colgate label, but said in the initial announcement that the FDA was unsure whether it really was Colgate or a counterfeit.

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The company said it does not use, nor has ever used, diethylene glycol as an ingredient in Colgate toothpaste anywhere in the world.

“Colgate does not import toothpaste into the United States from South Africa,” said the statement from Colgate-Palmolive. “In addition, the counterfeit packages examined so far have several misspellings including: ‘isclinically,’ ‘SOUTH AFRLCA’ and ‘South African Dental Assoxiation.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. Fake Colgate -- quickie quiz: which movie had a fake Colgate? -nt

[LoZoccolo]

2. Oh, I'd believe it's counterfeit.

You see bootleg products at flea markets and stuff like that around here. Then there are all these cheap products which kind-of look like the brand names, but have, say, "DEER CELL" instead of "DURACELL" on the package.

[Bitwit1234]

3. Given toothpaste made in China

When I was a patient at a local hospital. I used it at the hospital, sparing because I could not wash my mouth with water. When I heard on TV about it I looked at the tube and sure enough "Made in China". I called the hospital to report it. It might be OK, I don't know, but thought they should know and the person in charge had not heard one word, or so she said, about the toothpaste recalls.