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Kementerian Kesihatan ingin memaklumkan kepada orang ramai bahawa ubat gigi yang mengandungi Diethylene Glycol telah ditarik balik di Amerika Syarikat (USA) dan Singapura.

Berikutan laporan daripada “Food and Drug Administration (FDA)” di Amerika Syarikat, ubat gigi dari China telah ditarik balik dari pasaran kerana ianya didapati mengandungi Diethylene Glycol. Ubat gigi tersebut ialah seperti berikut:

1.	Cooldent Fluoride	8.	Oral Max Extreme
2.	Cooldent Spearmint	9.	Oral Bright Fresh Spearmint Flavor
3.	Cooldent ICE	10.	Bright Max Peppermint Flavor
4.	Dr. Cool	11.	ShiR Fresh Mint Fluoride Paste
5,	Everfresh Toothpaste	12.	DentaPro
6.	Superdent Toothpaste	13.	DentaKleen
7.	Clean Rite Toothpaste	14.	DentaKleen Junior

Singapura, juga telah menarik balik dari pasaran ubat gigi yang tersenarai di bawah kerana didapati mengandungi Diethylene Glycol:

1. Hei Mei Toothpaste

2. Hei Mei Calcium Toothpaste

3. Maxam Toothpaste with Fluoride

Pada masa ini Kementerian Kesihatan tidak menerima sebarang laporan mengenai keracunan ubat gigi yang mengandungi Diethylene Glycol, tetapi pendedahan yang berpanjangan adalah menjadi risiko kepada kanak-kanak dan individu yang mempunyai penyakit hati dan buah pinggang.

Walaupun ubat gigi sememangnya bukan untuk dimakan, Kementerian Kesihatan mengambil berat tentang pengguna-penguna yang tertelan ubat gigi yang mengandungi Diethylene Glycol. Beberapa tahun kebelakangan, kematian dan kecederaan pesakit telah dilaporkan di negara-negara lain yang disebabkan oleh memakan ubat batuk yang dicemari oleh Diethylene Glycol.


Kementerian Kesihatan melalui Unit Penguatkuasaan Farmasi, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Farmasi telah menjalankan pemeriksaan dan mendapati ubat gigi Maxam (Maxam Toothpastes) di bawah, yang mengandungi Diethylene Glycol, ada dijual di pasaran:

1. Maxam Toothpaste with Fluoride

2. Maxam Triple Action

Bagi memastikan keselamatan orang ramai, Kementerian Kesihatan telah menasihatkan pengimpot-pengimpot supaya menarikbalik ubat gigi yang tersenarai di atas dari pasaran dan para menasihatkan pengguna supaya tidak menggunakan ubat gigi tersebut hingga pemberitahuan yang lanjut.
 

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Tarikh: 14 Ramadhan 1428 / 26 September 2007

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English

The Ministry of Health wishes to inform the public that toothpastes containing Diethylene Glycol were recalled in USA and Singapore.

Based on the report from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the following toothpastes from China were withdrawn from the market because they were found to contain Diethylene Glycol.

1.	Cooldent Fluoride	8.	Oral Max Extreme
2.	Cooldent Spearmint	9.	Oral Bright Fresh Spearmint Flavor
3.	Cooldent ICE	10.	Bright Max Peppermint Flavor
4.	Dr. Cool	11.	ShiR Fresh Mint Fluoride Paste
5,	Everfresh Toothpaste	12.	DentaPro
6.	Superdent Toothpaste	13.	DentaKleen
7.	Clean Rite Toothpaste	14.	DentaKleen Junior

In Singapore, the following toothpastes were also recalled from the market because they were found to contain Diethylene Glycol.

1. Hei Mei Toothpaste

2. Hei Mei Calcium Toothpaste

3. Maxam Toothpaste with Fluoride

Although the Ministry of Health is not presently aware of any report of poisoning from toothpaste containing Diethylene Glycol, however there is a potential risk from chronic exposure to children and individuals with kidney or liver disease.

Toothpaste is not intended to be swallowed but the Ministry of Health is concerned about unintentional swallowing or ingestion of toothpaste containing Diethylene Glycol. Over the past several years, patient deaths and injuries as a result of ingesting cough syrups contaminated with Diethylene Glycol have been reported in other countries.

The Ministry of Health through the Pharmacy Enforcement Section, Department of Pharmaceutical Services has conducted inspection and the following Maxam Toothpastes containing Diethylene Glycol were found available for sale in the market:

1. Maxam Toothpaste with Fluoride

2. Maxam Triple Action

In the interest of public safety, the Ministry of Health has advised the importers to recall the said toothpastes from the market and would also like to advise the consumers to stop using the said toothpastes until further notice.

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Dated: 26^th September 2007 / 14 Ramadhan 1428