Well here is the diplomatic reply from Lauren
Lauren Campbell <lauren@timbermate.com.au>To | robertbrennan@iprimus.com.au <robertbrennan@iprimus.com.au>
Date | Today 14:05
Message Body

Hi Rob, 
 
 Thank you for your email.
 
 Unfortunately, there is no scandalous story to tell you. 
 
 We produce quite a few different putties and powders; some had Earl's on the label and some did not.   To unify all our products we updated our labels to all have Earl's listed on all of them. 
 
 The products are all exactly the same they just got updated labels. 
 
 Have a wonderful day,
 
 Lauren Campbell

Regards Rob