Personal Injury Law

Johnson & Johnson unit McNeil issues Recall of Children's Tylenol and other well-known pediatric Medicines

By LaBovick Law

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. (McNeil) issued a voluntary recall of some of its most popular children's medicines on Friday, including multiple varieties of the popular Children's Tylenol and Children's Motrin. The Johnson & Johnson unit issued the voluntary recall in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to 'manufacturing deficiencies' and because the products 'may not meet required quality standards.' The FDA is urging consumers to stop using the affected products immediately.

According to the FDA, the manufacturing deficiencies have the potential to affect the purity, quality and even potency of the recalled over-the-counter children's medicines. The New York Times reports that certain lots of the products may contain a larger amount of the active drug ingredient than specified, and that other recalled products could contain ingredients or foreign particles that may not meet McNeil's testing requirements.

The recall involves more than 40 different sizes and flavors of seven well-known products, including:

•    TYLENOL® INFANTS' DROPS
•    CHILDREN'S TYLENOL® SUSPENSIONS
•    MOTRIN® INFANTS' DROPS
•    CHILDREN'S MOTRIN® SUSPENSIONS
•    CHILDREN'S ZYRTEC®  LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES
•    CHILDREN'S BENADRYL® ALLERGY LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES

McNeil's voluntary recall comes in response to a routine inspection of the company's Fort Washington, P.a. facility on Friday in which federal health inspectors found multiple manufacturing violations. According to the New York Times, this is McNeil's second major recall of 2010, the other taking place in January involving over-the-counter adult and children's medicines manufactured at a plant in Puerto Rico.

Children's Tylenol and Other Drugs Recalled – New York Times

McNeil Consumer Healthcare Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain OTC Infants' and Children's Products – McNeil Press Release (includes list of recalled products)

FDA News Release about Recall

Full post as published by LaBovick Injury Law Blog on May 06, 2010 (boomark / email).