FDA Toothpaste Recall Tops 4 Million Tubes
More than 4 million tubes of toothpaste, including children’s character brands, are under a nationwide FDA recall that has now been given a Class II risk level.
By The Wellness Desk — CelebnMusic247
A toothpaste recall that began quietly in September now covers more than 4 million tubes nationwide. Per Health, the products were initially recalled on Sept. 10 over deviations from Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP), the rules the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) describes as ensuring the identity, strength, quality and purity of drugs. On Monday, the FDA gave the recall its second-highest risk level, Class II, for the possibility of temporary or reversible health effects, per Health.
The scope is what makes this one worth a second look at home. The recall affects 17 toothpastes, including products marketed for children, that were produced by Pritam International Private Limited in India and distributed in the U.S. by Ashtel Studios Inc., per Health. Health’s listing names each affected product with its NDC, item number, UPC, expiration dates and lot codes, and gives a product quantity for every line.
The children’s products are a large share of the total. Per Health, the listing includes Brush Buddies Barbie anticavity fluoride toothpaste in bubble gum flavor, at 409,800 tubes; Brush Buddies Hot Wheels anticavity fluoride toothpaste in strawberry flavor, at 411,600 tubes; and three Brush Buddies Crayola Silly Scents varieties — bubble gum, watermelon and strawberry — at 320,232 tubes each. A Brush Buddies My Little Pony bubble gum variety accounts for another 17,400 tubes, per Health.
The adult and family lines are just as extensive. Per Health, the listing includes evo Advanced Whitening toothpaste at 405,336 tubes and evo Sensitive toothpaste at 389,880 tubes; four Brush Buddies ice-cream-flavored varieties — vanilla, mint chocolate chip, cookies ‘n cream and chocolate — at 112,092 tubes each; a Brush Buddies whitening toothpaste with baking soda at 797,868 tubes, the largest single quantity in the listing; two BB (Brush Buddies) mint varieties at 231,936 and 198,288 tubes; and two ARU varieties, gum health and cavity protection, at 15,264 tubes each.
On what happens next, Health reported that the FDA did not provide specific instructions in its coverage, and noted that, as a Class II recall, the safest option it described was not to use the recalled toothpaste and to throw it out or return it for a refund or replacement. This article reports the recall information published by Health and the FDA only, and is not medical advice.
The detail readers can actually use is in the identifiers, not the headline number. Because 17 different products are involved — with different flavors, sizes and lot codes under the same brand names — the brand name alone does not tell a household whether a specific tube is included; the lot code and expiration date on the tube, matched against Health’s full FDA-based listing, do.
The 247 Take — Recalls this size can sound abstract until they reach a child’s bubble-gum toothpaste. The useful move is a calm one: read the lot code on the tube you own and compare it with the published listing, rather than guessing from the brand on the box.
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Sources: Health
