Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-2
COLGATE · Toothpaste
The product poses a microbiological risk because the presence of mesophilic aerobic microorganisms (10 000 ufc/g) and total enterobacteriaceae (1 600 ufc/g) was detected. These counts are higher than the reference values (<1 000 ufc/g in both cases), for which reason this toothpaste may be harmful to health.
- Published
- 18 January 2008
- Notifying authority
- Spain
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0025/08
- Model
- HERBAL WHITE 50 ml , Lot 3198GB10333, Bar code: 999 89 65485127.
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 9998965485127
Classification
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Risk type
- Microbiological
- Country of origin
- Ireland
Product description
50-ml tube of toothpaste packed in a cardboard boxAlthough this is not a counterfeit product, it has not been distributed by colgate-palmolive espania