Tuesday, June 19
Tainted toothpaste still in local stores
An informal survey of nine discount "dollar" and "99-cent" stores in Paterson, Passaic and Clifton conducted by the Herald News Sunday turned up four that were still selling potentially contaminated tubes of counterfeit Colgate toothpaste, days after a federal recall.
On June 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recall order for the fake Colgate, explaining that MS USA Trading Inc. of North Bergen was recalling all 5-ounce tubes of Colgate because they may be contaminated with diethylene glycol, or DEG, a potentially poisonous chemical ingredient used in some anti-freeze. The counterfeit product was distributed in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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