(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) The Ministry of Health (Minsa) moved on Wednesday, September 18, in Calidonia and Santa Ana, to clear shelves of toothpaste without sanitary registration.
Elvia Lao, director of Pharmacy and Drugs of the Minsa, said that the inspectors removed from the streets the toothpaste Colgate Üclü Etki which is of 'doubtful origin.
According to Minsa the toothpaste does not have a sanitary record of Panama, and supplies will be destroyed.
"We have already spoken with the Specialized Institute of Analysis of the University of Panama, so they can do the quality controls said Lao.
A warning from the Minsa had been in place since March 2018 but distribution continued.
The Ministry clarified that this finding is not part of the same batch of toothpaste detected in Chiriquí and Divisa, Herrera, which contained diethylene glycol.
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