Last week, over 2 million worth of products were seized from an East Coast counterfeiting ring in the U.S. ChapStick, Johnson's Baby Oil, Vicks VapoRub, Vicks Inhaler, Vaseline; the producers of the real products include major international brands such as Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Other products, including over-the-counter cold medicines and painkillers, also were recovered, officials said. "We encourage consumers to be cautious about buying branded goods that look suspicious, or from outlets that are unfamiliar," Chris Vuturo, a spokesman for Procter & Gamble,
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