Personal Injury Law

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Medicines

By Edward Bills

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of Johnson & Johnson, recalled several hundred batches of many of its popular medicines, including Benadryl, Motrin, Rolaids, Simply Sleep, St. Joseph Aspirin and Tylenol, due to consumer complaints of a moldy smell upon opening. The alarming news for consumers, however, is that the recall came 20 months after complaints were logged. The Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the company last week, noting the consumers have also reported temporary digestive problems like nausea, vomiting and stomach pain. McNeil released a statement Friday claiming chemicals used to treat wood pallets that transport and store product packaging were the source of the moldy smell in some products.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on January 19, 2010 (boomark / email).