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Health Canada is urging consumers to scrutinize product labels after as many as 5,000 tubes of suspected counterfeit toothpaste were distributed to a chain of discount stores across the country.

Canadian authorities began investigating after learning 100-millilitre toothpaste tubes bearing the Colgate brand name and labelled as being manufactured in South Africa were sold in dollar stores in Halifax and Guelph, Ont., last week.

The packaging - rife with spelling mistakes - is similar to that of toothpaste recalled throughout the United States after a counterfeit Colgate product was found to contain a toxic chemical used in antifreeze.

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