The company announced the recall of all its China-made toothpaste -
manufactured by Ming Fai Enterprises International Co. Ltd - and
distributed under the Gilchrist & Soames name to  hotels in more than
twelve countries after discovering traces of a chemical used to make
automobile anti-freeze. Independent lab tests revealed that some of
the toothpaste contained diethylene glycol, a kidney and liver toxin
and a central nervous system depressant.

The company said it stopped shipping the toothpaste on 1 June after
receiving an alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It
notified all potentially affected hotels - in Barbados, Belgium,
Bermuda, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, Turks & Caicos, the United Arab Emirates,
the UK and the United States - to advise them against offering the
toothpaste and to destroy remaining inventory until further notice.

The FDA has compiled a list of toothpastes found to contain diethylene
glycol, it can be viewed at:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/toothpaste.html.

Last update : Sunday, 02 September 2007

Keywords : toothpaste, recall, diethylene glycol, Gilchrist & Soames

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