Fda Halts Imports of Chinese Toothpaste ; U.S. Recommends Guidelines for Food and Feed

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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced that it is stopping all imports of toothpaste from China to test it for a deadly chemical found in Chinese toothpaste sold in other countries.

FDA spokesman Douglas Arbesfeld cited recent reports that toothpaste containing diethylene glycol - a poison used in antifreeze and brake fluid - had been exported from China to the Dominican Republic, Panama and Australia.

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Fda Halts Imports of Chinese Toothpaste ; U.S. Recommends Guidelines for Food and Feed

The U.S. imported about $3.3 million worth of toothpaste from China last year, and while authorities have no evidence that tainted toothpaste has made its way into the United States, Mr. Arbesfeld said the...

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