Tainted toothpaste found in Taunton

[Ian David]

By Matthew Leonido, Enterprise staff writer

TAUNTON — Three tubes of the apparently bogus toothpaste that sparked federal warnings turned up on a shelf at a convenience store in the Silver City, an Enterprise spot-check found Monday.

The owner of Store 44, where an Enterprise reporter found the toothpaste, was surprised when told three of the tubes were on his shelves.

The Enterprise bought one tube and, when it was brought to his attention, the owner removed the other two counterfeit Colgate toothpaste tubes along with the rest of his Colgate stock until he could check on its status with the city's health department.

An Enterprise check on Monday of about 20 non-chain convenience and grocery stores in the Brockton and Taunton areas found that only Store 44 had the potentially dangerous toothpaste, which bears the popular Colgate brand name.

Packaging for the toothpaste found at Store 44, labeled “Colgate Gel,” had a misspelled word in its directions and the box said it was manufactured in Boksburg, South Africa. Both are warning signs that Colgate-Palmolive wants consumers to look for in identifying counterfeit products.

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[Eugene]

1. Contaminated toothpaste found in 6 Boston stores

Source: Boston Globe

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Contaminated toothpaste found in 6 Boston stores

By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff

City health officials today said they found tubes
of contaminated and counterfeit toothpaste at six
locations in Boston and are warning consumers to
discard any products they may have purchased that
that look suspicious.

City health inspectors, in a sweep of more than 60
small "independent dollar-type discount stores,"
found the products at stores in Mattapan, Roslindale,
and Dorchester.

The stores where the toothpaste was found were:

--Happy 99 Cent Store, 1611 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan
--Super Dollar, 654 American Legion Highway, Roslindale
--99 Cent Store, 683 Canterbury St., Roslindale
--Jax Liquidation Outlet, 22 Corinth St., Roslindale
--My Tan, 693 Washington St., Dorchester
--C-Mart, 682 Washington St., Dorchester

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