Skip to content

Toothpaste – Active

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 20 Sep 2007In the weekly report of 21 Sep 2007 (week 37, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Toothpaste
Brand
Active (2 alerts)
Brand as notified
ACTIVE
Type / model
Model: ULTRA WHITE, Set bar code: 5023907026596, Toothpaste bar code: 5023907026541.
Description
The product is sold as a set containing toothpaste, mouthwash and a toothbrush. The toothpaste is marked as follows: "Active Total Oral Care, ultra white antibacterial cleansing action, 150 g". The instructions are in English. The set comes in a blue cardboard box with a transparent part, containing the toothpaste and the brush. The mouthwash is blue-coloured and comes in a plastic bottle. The two packages are taped together as a single pack.
Risk
This product poses a risk of poisoning because the toothpaste contains 4.4% of diethylene glycol (DEG), which may pose a health risk to consumers.
Measures
  • Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Spain
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0946/07
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

This page reproduces the Safety Gate record as published. recallarchive is not affiliated with the European Commission. If you own this product, follow the measures above and contact the seller.

Other alerts for Active

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0946/07
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-37 (XML)
    the copy this page was built fromCC0 1.0