FDA holding toothpaste imported from China at Customs for testing?

[OCCUL]

I work for a Cosmetic/Health Care Company that distributes to Hospitals, Homes and so on... Our toothpaste is manufactured in China..This is not a problem for us (as we know our Toothpaste is safe and free of Diethylene Glycol (DEG)... My question is -if FDA is holding all imported toothpaste from China at Customs for testing ..-why has it not been on the FDA.Gov web page? This has been media driven... Any ideas??

Thanks for your thoughts on this..

SM

[Jim Wynne]

Originally Posted by OCCUL

I work for a Cosmetic/Health Care Company that distributes to Hospitals, Homes and so on... Our toothpaste is manufactured in China..This is not a problem for us (as we know our Toothpaste is safe and free of Diethylene Glycol (DEG)... My question is -if FDA is holding all imported toothpaste from China at Customs for testing ..-why has it not been on the FDA.Gov web page? This has been media driven... Any ideas??

Thanks for your thoughts on this..

SM

There are news stories about it here and here.


and, from the FDA Website, IMPORT ALERT #55-02.

[silentrunning]

I get a very uneasy feeling about this...

I think we should change it to: "We have met the enemy- it ain't us"
(Sorry POGO)

I just don't feel the dog food or this is just an accident. In my never ending quest to perfect paranoia, I wonder if these could be trial baloons.

[Jim Wynne]

Originally Posted by silentrunning

I just don't feel the dog food or this is just an accident. In my never ending quest to perfect paranoia, I wonder if these could be trial baloons.

[tyker]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6699441.stm

Is this related to the discussion?

[Randy]

Could be.

Looks like more of a "we've lost face (trust)" than a "we got caught" issue.

Not too much unlike unscrupulous folks this side of the pond who are actually more sorry they got caught than they are about their actions (or in-actions).

[Craig H.]

Randy,

I started to post this this morning, then thought better of it, and now re-reconsidered. If my fellow moderators think it to be too charged, well, I understand.

I fear we may have a culture clash at work here. There have been a lot of companies and countries who have been trying to get the Chinese government to curb fake goods. Then, we have gluten with poisonous additives. Now, antifreeze in toothpaste. It appears to me that, while their economic engine is running in overdrive, the ethical/regulatory engine has thrown a rod.

I hope I am wrong.

[silentrunning]

Originally Posted by Craig H.

Randy,

I started to post this this morning, then thought better of it, and now re-reconsidered. If my fellow moderators think it to be too charged, well, I understand.

I fear we may have a culture clash at work here. There have been a lot of companies and countries who have been trying to get the Chinese government to curb fake goods. Then, we have gluten with poisonous additives. Now, antifreeze in toothpaste. It appears to me that, while their economic engine is running in overdrive, the ethical/regulatory engine has thrown a rod.

I hope I am wrong.

Crap! Now there's something else for me to worry about.