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The Food and Drug Administration has found serious deficiencies in the plant that made Tylenol products for babies and children. The manufacturer, McNeil, has voluntarily recalled 1,500 lots of liquid medication for children and infants. Products range from Benadryl and Motrin to Tylenol and Zyrtec.
What is so disturbing about this particular recall is that McNeil allegedly knew that the raw materials were contaminated with bacteria and used them anyway. The plant in Fort Washington, PA was also cited by the FDA for dust, dirt and duct tape covering pipes in violation of good manufacturing practices.
This isn't the first time that the parent company, Johnson and Johnson, has been cited for manufacturing problems. In January the company had to recall adult medications made in Puerto Rico. Consumers complained of Tylenol and other over-the-counter products that had a bad odor and were linked to digestive tract upset. The FDA does not yet have any reports of children suffering adverse effects from liquid Tylenol, but it is shocking that a leader in the industry would allow a plant to operate with substandard conditions.
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Thanks for mentioning this- it has been roundly ignored after a touch upon the recall. WHERE were the RAW materials manufactured?
Giving EXISTING laws back their teeth would be a great piece of "health care reform."
Surprise???!!!!
The most important thing is that profits are UP big time for Johnson and Johnson.
Also they are big into kickbacks--and more profit--see these 2 articles:
http://www.investor.jnj.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=461303
http://www.naturalnews.com/027994_Johnson_&_kickbacks.html
We need health care reform. The present system is providing too much profit making opportunities for Big Pharma and the insurance companies.
Thanks People's Pharmacy for bringing this kind of thing to the light of day.
A few years back we received one of those (Johnson & Johnson) Glade Wisp air fresheners from my brother for Christmas. The documentation with it mentions that you shouldn't use it in a room with birds, but it doesn't even list any ingredients. I wrote to the company and was actually referred to the medical department. Why is a product allowed to be on the market, which doesn't even disclose the ingredients?
I don't think I would ever buy any products from Johnson & Johnson again. No wonder I use pure essential oils for air freshening instead! Also, why are safe herbal products so routinely ignored by the "mainstream" media? It seems that increasingly they are in the business of drug pushing instead of telling the truth. And that's a real tragedy!