South Korea Flags Imported 2080 Toothpaste for Banned Triclosan; Maker Faces Administrative Action
Creatrip Team
2 months ago
South Korea’s food and drug regulator found triclosan, a preservative banned in oral products since 2016, in about 87% of six imported 2080 toothpaste lines made by Chinese manufacturer Domi and imported by Aekyung Industrial. Of 870 imported batch numbers tested, 754 showed triclosan up to 0.16%; 128 domestically made 2080 products from Aekyung tested negative. Domi reportedly used triclosan from April 2023 to disinfect manufacturing equipment. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) found lapses in Aekyung’s import quality control and delays in recall steps, and has announced administrative measures. Experts judged health risk from levels below 0.3% to be low. MFDS plans stronger import and distribution inspections, require triclosan test certificates at first import and batch-based self-testing on sale, consider mandatory manufacturing quality standards, and expand annual surveys of all imported toothpastes. (Aekyung: a major Korean consumer goods company)
