Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-5
COLGATE<b>THIS IS A COUNTERFEIT PRODUCT</b> · Toothpaste - Colgate "Whitening Advanced"
The product poses a microbiological risk due to the presence of mesophilic aerobic microorganisms (1100000 cfu/g). This count is higher than the reference value (<1 000 cfu/g), for which reason this toothpaste may be harmful to health.
- Published
- 08 February 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): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0146/08
- Model
- Batch number: 5138ZA10, EAN Code 6001067020714-BATCH 5138ZA10.
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 6001067020714
Classification
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Risk type
- Microbiological
- Country of origin
- South Africa
Product description
Tube of toothpaste. The packaging consists of a cardboard box with no labelling in Spanish, printed with: 100 ml.