Costco recalls toilet paper because it’s infected with the coronavirus.
It goes on to claim that the toilet paper has been contaminated with COVID-19 “due to the item being manufactred in China.”, The posts do not include a genuine recall notice., “This statement made in the posting is not true,” Costco told AFP by email on March 13, 2020., Official recall notices for products sold at the membership warehouse in Canada are available here., The Canadian government also has a searchable database of recall and safety alerts here., For the latest information on the novel coronavirus in Canada, visit this Health Canada website., AFP Fact Check\xa0has investigated more than 100 false and misleading claims about the novel coronavirus., , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
Costco is not recalling bath tissue due to novel coronavirus contamination | AFP Fact Check