Summer O'Fun 2006 Day 31

Cars had an accident - just moments ago in the corner of the family room. Well, it is not a setback, right?

The older boys are going to golf this morning (Ash is taking them) and I am taking Cars to the U of WA to participate in a research study about how children learn new tasks.

I contacted GlaxoSmithKline, makes of Aquafresh to find out if it really does have peanut oil in it. This is the letter they sent back to me:

Dear Mrs. Pez,

Thank you for inquiring about the presence of peanuts in Aquafresh toothpaste.

Your health and safety is of utmost importance, and we would like to assure you that no Aquafresh toothpaste products contain flavors with peanut oil, peanuts, or peanut
derivatives.

Here is some background information on this issue:

We were recently contacted by several consumers requesting information about the
possibility of trace amounts of peanut oil in our Aquafresh toothpaste products. It was our belief that trace amounts of peanut oil could be present in certain flavor blends purchased by Aquafresh from external flavor suppliers. Consequently, we responded to those consumers that there was a possibility that trace amounts of peanut oil may be present in some Aquafresh products.

Subsequently, we have contacted our flavor suppliers to confirm this information. We are pleased to learn that all of the flavor blends currently used to manufacture Aquafresh toothpaste contain no peanuts, no peanut oil and no peanut derivatives.

Until we were able to validate our flavor blend information, we chose to err on the side of caution and told consumers that the products may contain trace amounts of peanut oil. In light of how serious some allergies can be, we felt that was the right thing to do. As an additional assurance, we are arranging to have independent tests of our toothpaste conducted.

We appreciate your taking the time to contact us, and we apologize if this has caused you any confusion or concern. If you have additional questions, you may contact us by phone toll-free at 800-897-5623 weekdays between 9am-4:30pm.

Sincerely,

Sharon
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

So, for those of you who were planning to stop using Aquafresh, be assured that it you now do not have to. ;) And my ever frugal dh is happy not to have to throw out the 3 tubes we have left from a Costco mega-pack!.