The FDA has determined that Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare is responsible for failing to properly test their Tylenol pain reliever for contamination after a number consumer complaints in 2008. After receiving over 70 reports of a musty odor in Tylenol Arthritis Caplets, the FDA says the company didn’t initiate a formal investigation. McNeil spokeswoman Bonnie Jacobs said the company “is actively working in consultation with the FDA to address their concerns.”
On January 20, 2010, In Product Safety, By admin
On January 20, 2010, In Product Safety, By admin
Florida’s Palm Beach Post (1/20, Cerabino) reports, “A national health group called Aim at Melanoma is backing a statewide legislative effort to institute what would be a tough ban on the use of ultraviolet-light-emitting indoor tanning beds by Florida teenagers.” Currently, “in Florida, melanoma is the second most common cancer type for both men and women under the age of 40.” In light of that fact, state Sen. Eleanor Sobel (D) recently revived a “bill that banned teenagers under 16 from indoor UV tanning, and required in-person parental permission for 16- and 17-year-olds.” On Jan. 19, that measure “sailed through the Florida Senate’s Health Regulation Committee on a unanimous vote.”