China Toothpaste Recall Includes Barbados

Gilchrist & Soames, an Indianapolis, Indiana based provider of toiletry products for the hotel industry, has initiated a worldwide voluntary recall of its Gilchrist & Soames toothpaste manufactured in China after independent tests showed some samples of the toothpaste contained diethylene glycol, or DEG.

Hotels in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, Dominican Republic or Turks & Caicos that received the recalled toothpaste from the company’s United States distribution center.

Also those hotels located in the U.K., Ireland, Spain, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the UAE serviced by the company’s U.K. distribution center, are being asked to destroy any remaining inventory.

Hotel guests, who may have received the recalled toothpaste from hotels in any of these countries, should safely dispose of it.

Materials will inform guests about this voluntary recall, including the FDA Web address for current toothpaste recalls (http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/toothpaste.html), as well as a toll-free telephone number at Gilchrist & Soames U.S. headquarters (1-866-587-6542) that hotel guests may call if they desire more information about the recall.

The European Union Web address for further information about toothpaste manufactured in China is http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/dyna/rapex/rapex_archives_en.cfm