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Another recall for J&J, this time of Rolaids softchews:
We are continuing to keep tabs on Johnson & Johnson’s string of recalls. Most notably, the company pulled about 40 kinds of kids’ medicines from store shelves this spring. And, as the WSJ reported recently, more recalls are likely as the company reviews its manufacturing operations.
Today the company said it’s recalling all lots of Rolaids Extra Strength Softchews, Rolaids Extra Strength Plus Gas Softchews and Rolaids Multi-Symptom Plus Anti-Gas Softchews. That includes 96 product lots and more than 13 million packages, a company spokesman tells the Health Blog.
J&J said that the recall follows “some consumer reports of foreign materials in the product, including metal and wood particles.” Those particles may have been introduced by a third-party manufacturer, the company says.
Here’s a running list of previous recalls:
• A few weeks back J&J recalled a dozen different Mylanta liquid products and one AlternaGEL product because they were mislabeled to omit the presence of small amount of alcohol. (Consumers don’t need to stop using the products or return them to stores.) And it separately widened a recall of daily-use contact lenses in Japan and elsewhere due to traces of an acid that can cause stinging. Contacts made in the U.S. aren’t affected.
• In November the company recalled three Tylenol Cold Multi-Symptom products, also pulled from retailers and wholesalers due to an alcohol labeling issue. Consumers can keep taking the meds, J&J says.
• Also in November the company also recalled children’s Benadryl and Motrin products. Again, J&J said they weren’t dangerous and consumers didn’t have to stop taking them.
• In October, there was a recall of 127,000 bottles of Tylenol 8-Hour caplets due to a musty odor.
• In August, J&J’s DePuy Orthopedics unit pulled two hip implants off the market because of an unusually high rate of replacement surgeries.
• Also in August there was a recall — the one that was recently widened — of about 100,000 boxes of 1-Day Acuvue TruEye contact lenses.
• Some OTC medicines were pulled in July, including varieties of Benadryl, Tylenol and Motrin. This was a follow-up to a recall of musty-smelling products made at a plant in Puerto Rico.
• In June, the company widened the recall of drugs made at the Puerto Rican plant by five lots.
• The largest batch of children’s medicines were pulled in the spring.
• In late 2009 there were recalls of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets due to that musty odor issue.
Have we missed any?
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