J&J recalling more Tylenol from closed plant

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J & J recalling more Tylenol from closed plant

By Krauskopf | Reuters – Tue, 29 Mar, 2011 3:50 PM EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - & said it was recalling more than 700,000

bottles or packages of Tylenol and other consumer medicines made at a now-closed

plant, the latest in a litany of recalls by the company.

J & J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit recalled one lot of Tylenol 8 Hour

Extended Release Caplets, or 34,056 bottles, from retailers, the company said.

The company cited a musty odor that has prompted many other J & J recalls. The

product was made at its Fort Washington, Pennsylvania plant before J & J closed

the facility in April 2010.

Separately, McNeil added 10 lots of other products, amounting to 717,696 bottles

or packages, to a wholesale level recall it initiated on January 14. Those

products included various forms of pain reliever Tylenol, as well as allergy

drug Benadryl and cough/cold medicine Sudafed.

In that recall, McNeil said it was taking precautions after a review of records

found instances where equipment cleaning procedures were insufficient or

cleaning was not adequately documented, although it said it was unlikely to have

hurt product quality.

J & J has recalled more than 300 million bottles and packages of adult and

children's consumer medicines in the past 15 months. Although no injuries have

been linked to the recalls, they have sullied J & J's reputation, pressured its

share price and sparked Congressional investigations.

(Reporting by Krauskopf; editing by Andre Grenon)