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Toothpaste – Crust

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 14 Feb 2008In the weekly report of 15 Feb 2008 (week 6, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Toothpaste
Brand
Crust
Type / model
200711070107, bar code: 6928587200023, expiry date 2008.
Description
Blue cardboard box containing tube and toothbrush. Text on box: “Now CRUST”, “Good Quality Tooth Paste with FREE TOOTH BRUSH”, “Whitening”, “Fresh Mint”, “Extra-care”, “Active ingredient: Sodium Fluoride 0.32% (equivalent to 1450 ppm of Fluoride). Ingredients: Sorbitol, Water, Silica Abrasive, Silica thickener, PEG1500, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, Flavour, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Sodium Saccharin, Formaldehy and Green Colour.
Risk
The product poses a risk of poisoning because it contains 1.87% by weight of diethylene glycol (DEG), which may pose a health risk to consumers.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market
Notifying country
Belgium
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0200/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0200/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-6 (XML)
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