Source: CCTV.com

06-04-2007 14:36

Toothpaste continues to be a sticky issue for China and the US. The Chinese government says it wants the US to clarify its safety concerns over Chinese toothpaste exports.

The country's safety watch dog says the U.S. importers have submitted the formula of China's toothpaste exports to the U.S. FDA before the shipment and the content level of chemical D-E-G was indicated on the packaging.

Li Yuanping, director of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said:"All the toothpastes were registered with the FDA and approved to be distributed in the United States, so they contradicted themselves by warning consumers to avoid using China-made toothpastes and detaining shipments from China."

The U.S. allows the use of DEG in food additives under its laws and the FDA said on its website "it is not aware of any U.S. reports of poisoning from toothpaste containing DEG".

Editor:Li Yang