The Police and health service workers across the country are now reported to have withdrawn 100,000 tubes of illegally imported toothpaste.

It comes as there are concerns that some of the toothpaste could contain a toxin.

Several Spanish hospitals are reported to have given patients toothpaste which could be infected.

Analysis by the Spanish Ministry for Health has confirmed that a dozen of the tubes analysed contained a toxin. The toothpaste brand, Tri Leaf Spearmint is thought also to have been distributed to hotels and airlines.

It follows similar cases in the United States, where 900,000 tubes of toothpaste have been withdrawn.

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