{"id":476343,"date":"2025-07-25T16:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/digemaps-suspends-health-registration-of-colgate-total-clean-mint-toothpaste-and-orders-its-withdrawal-from-the-market\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:29:16","slug":"digemaps-suspends-health-registration-of-colgate-total-clean-mint-toothpaste-and-orders-its-withdrawal-from-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/digemaps-suspends-health-registration-of-colgate-total-clean-mint-toothpaste-and-orders-its-withdrawal-from-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"DIGEMAPS suspends health registration of Colgate Total Clean Mint toothpaste and orders its withdrawal from the market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> The General Directorate of Medicines, Food and Sanitary Products (<strong>DIGEMAPS<\/strong>) reported this Thursday the <strong>temporary suspension of the Sanitary Registry<\/strong> of the toothpaste <strong>Colgate Total Clean Mint\/Colgate Total<\/strong>, manufactured in Brazil and distributed in the Dominican Republic under the registration number <strong>PC2024-1539<\/strong>, due to <strong>potential risks to public health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\nThe measure includes the <strong>immediate withdrawal of the product<\/strong> throughout the national territory, as part of a preventive action following an alert issued by the <strong>National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)<\/strong> of Brazil, identified as GGMON No. 03\/2025.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/economia\/gobierno-garantiza-precios-de-pan-harinas-y-pastas-por-45-dias\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Government guarantees prices of bread, flours and pasta for 45 days<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe health alert was generated after reports of <strong>adverse reactions<\/strong> related to the use of toothpastes containing <strong>Stannous Fluoride<\/strong> and a <strong>new flavoring<\/strong> incorporated into the formula. According to in vitro studies provided by the same manufacturing company, the additional ingredient could affect the <strong>integrity of the cell membranes of the oral cavity<\/strong>, causing <strong>direct irritations<\/strong>.\n\nDIGEMAPS confirmed that in recent weeks it has received <strong>local adverse event notifications<\/strong> related to the product, which reinforced the decision to activate the cosmetovigilance protocol and proceed with the preventive suspension of the registration.\n\nLast week, the director of DIGEMAPS, <strong>Leandro Villanueva<\/strong>, and the head of the National Institute for Consumer Protection (<strong>Pro Consumidor<\/strong>), <strong>Eddy Alc\u00e1ntara<\/strong>, held a meeting with representatives of the distribution company <strong>Colgate-Palmolive<\/strong>, where a follow-up plan was agreed upon that led to this action.\n\nThe authorities urged citizens to <strong>immediately discontinue use<\/strong> of the affected product and go to official health channels if they experience any adverse reaction.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The General Directorate of Medicines, Food and Sanitary Products (DIGEMAPS) reported this Thursday the temporary suspension of the Sanitary Registry of the toothpaste Colgate Total Clean Mint\/Colgate Total, manufactured in Brazil and distributed in the Dominican Republic under the registration number PC2024-1539, due to potential risks to public health. 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