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  • June 2007

    • Chinese PR Combats Export Rap

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 07 11:05 AM CDT

      Chinese PR Combats Export Rap

      (Newser) - China is on a public relations blitz to keep its exports solvent after nonstop coverage of unsafe toothpaste, fish and even tires in the US, China's largest customer, last week. Beijing broke its pattern of protest over the coverage, shutting down 180 offending factories and promising consumers that tainted food represents a fraction of US imports from China. More »

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      China  • health  • food  • safety  • fish  • contamination  • public relations  • toothpaste

    • Toothpaste Scare Widens—Again

      New York Times  |  Jun 28, 07 7:41 AM CDT

      Toothpaste Scare Widens—Again

      (Newser) - The Chinese toothpaste scare is far from over and is more than just a scare. Tainted tubes have turned up, as expected, in discount stores—but officials have also found them in institutions such as prisons and hospitals, the Times reports. Nearly 1 million tubes containing varying amounts of a chemical found in antifreeze have been distributed, mostly in Georgia. More »

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      China  • Florida  • Georgia  • food  • safety  • food safety  • chemicals  • contamination  • toothpaste  • tainted toothpaste

    • China Shutters Scores of Food Factories

      Associated Press  |  Jun 27, 07 12:49 PM CDT

      China Shutters Scores of Food Factories

      (Newser) - The Chinese government has closed 180 factories that were using dangerous and illegal ingredients, such as formaldehyde, in food products. The relatively large number of plants casts serious doubt on Beijing's insistence that the recent rash of tainted products originated with a small number of sources, the AP reports: A government official said the shutdowns were "not isolated cases." More »

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      China  • food  • food safety  • chemicals  • melamine  • toothpaste

    • Safety of Chinese-Made Toys Is Hardly Child's Play

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 07 7:25 AM CDT

      Safety of Chinese-Made Toys Is Hardly Child's Play

      (Newser) - The latest Chinese products posing safety problems for consumers are children's toys, joining toothpaste, pet food, and drugs on an increasingly worrisome list, the New York Times reports. Last week's recall of Thomas & Friends train toys brought the total number of toys recalled by the US this year to for safety reasons to 24—all  made in China. More »

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      China  • children  • safety  • consumer  • toys  • pet food recall  • toothpaste  • Thomas and Friends

    • Colgate Cautions Against Fake Toothpaste

      Reuters  |  Jun 14, 07 4:23 PM CDT

      Colgate Cautions Against Fake Toothpaste

      (Newser) - Colgate alerted the public today that counterfeit toothpaste bearing its brand name and possibly containing a deadly chemical has turned up in discount stores in four Northeast states. The phony products' packaging is riddled with misspellings and gives the manufacturing location as South Africa, where the company doesn't make toothpaste. Colgate-Palmolive is working with the FDA to find the source. More »

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      China  • FDA  • South Africa  • Dominican Republic  • chemicals  • Panama  • counterfeit  • Costa Rica  • toothpaste  • diethylene glycol

  • May 2007

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