J&J issues wholesale, retail recall of Benadryl

[HuckleB]

Source: Macon Telegraph/AP

"...

Health care giant Johnson & Johnson is announcing another product recall, this one involving Children's Benadryl Allergy Fastmelt Tablets, Junior Strength Motrin Caplets, and Extra Strength Rolaids softchews.

The New Brunswick, N.J., company said its latest recall is at the wholesale and retail level, but the medicines still work, and consumers can still use them. It added that no action is required by consumers or providers.

It said it issued the recall after reviewing its manufacturing process in the wake of a series of product recalls over the last year. The company said it found unspecified problems related to Benadryl and Motrin products.

The Rolaids softchews were recalled because some consumers complained the Rolaids had an unusual texture that J&J traced to crystallized sugar.

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Read more: http://www.macon.com/2010/11/23/1351180/jj-announces-wholesale-retail.html

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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

:( :grr:

[BrklynLiberal]

1. It would appear that Quality Control is a thing of the past...

[Dappleganger]

3. The troubles largely began with offshoring

and a completely out of control and inept FDA.

[RobinA]

15. Well, That and the Fact

that increasingly, minor things that wouldn't even have gotten a minute of attention are now turned into federal cases. Crystallized sugar?

[lunasun]

2. After 3 years still being ill from one of their (J&J) medications I am not surprised

Advocates have attended their shareholder meeting for years asking for changes and no one there cares.
If you contact them alone to complain they try to build up a case against you.
Media must be involved for them to act (bad press will get their attention)

They have been able to fight off the injury lawyers with their big $$ and super paid law firms.

J&J IS One big phamrma firm I would like to see sink along with evil Bayer.

Keep you family away from these producers

[Dappleganger]

4. My husband used to work for them...

in their contact lens division (now that he's gone, I can say it). They are having similar problems which can absolutely be traced to their offshoring timetable. My husband is an engineer and designs/retrofits the machinery on the manufacturing floor. He's still in pharma but with a different company and type of product.

[HuckleB]

5. Interesting.

What do you know about J & J vs. generic production? I've been wondering about this with each J & J recall, as I don't remember seeing any recent recalls for similar generic products.

Just thought I'd ask, since your husband might have some insight.

:toast:

[Dappleganger]

6. I don't know but he might...

will have to ask them. Most of his interests would be in quality control with regard to their machinery, mind you--not in formulation.

They packed up his entire line and moved it to Ireland, where they have royally screwed up the entire product because they tried to use shortcuts and didn't adhere to his specifications. It's quite depressing for an engineer to work on something for years, perfect it then someone else takes it over and remakes it into a monster.

[HuckleB]

8. Thanks! -eom-

[roxiejules]

7. Poison

Money before people ~ throw us under the bus.

Curious...which drug made you ill?

[jancantor]

14. eeek. I have a fair amount of JnJ stock

It's been one of my fave companies for years. Buffett likes it too. Might be time to reassess.

[LiberalEsto]

9. Do any of you recall the first Tylenol scare?

It happened in 1982. Several people died of cyanide poisoning after taking Tylenol, and there was a huge scare about some random poisoner being at work. Nobody was ever caught and prosecuted, but the Tylenol deaths ultimately led to all the heavy-duty safety packaging we see today on so many products. There was a deluge of commercials telling us all to "trust Tylenol". For more background, check this link:

Link: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/poison/tylenol.asp


However, what the public never learned fully was that cyanide was stored at manufacturing plants that made Tylenol, and used to test the quality of a chemical used in Tylenol manufacture. The AP found out about it and other media followed. J&J tried to cover up this fact. It was briefly mentioned in the press but then buried.

I was a newspaper reporter at the time, and I covered some stuff about J&J, although not the Tylenol poisonings. To this day, I wonder if there really ever was a "random poisoner" tampering with Tylenol in 1982, or if the deaths were the result of a manufacturing error, sabotage, or something else going on in the manufacturing plant. My personal experiences with J&J convinced me that they were a ruthless corporation that didn't care who it stepped on to attain its goals.

Check out the article at this link: http://americanfraud.com/larryfoster.aspx

American Fraud & the Tylenol Murders

Excerpt:

"Larry Foster (head of J&J PR)(my quotes) and others who worked for Foster claimed on Thursday, September 30, 1982 that no cyanide was stored on the premises at McNeil and that no cyanide was used in the manufacturing process. It didn’t take long for reporters to figure out that this was not the case. The Associated Press learned on Thursday afternoon that cyanide was stored at the McNeil plant. (my boldface)

An AP reporter called Foster for confirmation. After checking again, Foster learned that cyanide was used at the manufacturing plants to test the quality of a chemical used to make Tylenol. He called the reporter back and asked him to kill the story.


According to case studies about the Tylenol crisis, Foster had a reputation of being honest, fair and ethical. He could not afford a cover up, say the public relations experts. The inference being that Foster didn't attempt to cover up either the storage of cyanide at J&J's manufacturing plants, or the use of cyanide during the Tylenol manufacturing process.

In fact, that’s exactly what Foster did attempt to do."

[oldhippydude]

11. if i remember right

did not i see on one of those investigative programs... perhaps forensic files, or one of that ilk, that the poisoner was in fact a lady, who used cyanide designed as an algaecide, from a topical fish supplier?..

could have sworn

[jeff47]

13. It happened more than once

The case with the lady happened after the first incident. It would appear the incident inspired her plan.

It's also why most drugs are no longer available as a capsule.

[pruple]

10. K&R

good post

[HuckleB]

12. Thanks. -eom-