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Tainted Tubes of Colgate Were Given Away as Shopping Bonuses
posted (June 21, 2007)

Last night we told you about the toxic tubes of imitation Colgate toothpaste that are on store shelves across Belize. Well today, Dental Society members and 7NEWS got a number of calls from concerned persons who've been using the toothpaste. Turns out, many of the tubes were given away as shopping bonuses and that happened recently as this weekend.

And while the tainted product continues to be on shelves, neither the Public Health Department, nor the Ministry of Health, nor BAHA have issued a public advisory. The problem we are told is that no one wants to concede to having any responsibility for the unsupervised importation of toothpaste.

So while they are "touches" about bureaucratic turf, a very present danger continues to lurk on store shelves and in homes across Belize. So, we'll repeat the warning. If you have Colgate toothpaste in your home you need to check it: the tainted tubes are the 100 milliliter size and they say "made in South Africa or China." To be doubly sure, the authorized agent for Colgate Palmolive in Belize says that the genuine article will say that it is made either in the USA, in the Dominican Republic, or in Mexico. If it says made in anywhere else, you can't be sure what you're getting.

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