Tylenol, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, has been found guilty to selling liquid medicines for children which were contaminated with metal during the production process. United States Department of Justice disclosed that the subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare has sent its guilty plea on Tuesday.
In 20110, the said company has sent out a recall of children's over-the-counter-medicines which included Infant's Tylenol and Children's Mortin which were manufactured in Fort Washigton, Pennsylvania, according to Reuters.
Prosecutors told the company that it is aware of the problem for a year or so but they were not able to take timely sets to fix it. The Department of Justice will keep being aggressive to find and punish companies like McNeil which disregards factory assurance to family medicine.
"The Department of Justice will continue to be aggressive in pursuing and punishing companies such as McNeil that disregard a process designed to assure quality medicines, especially OTC drugs for infants and children," Acting Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer said.
n 2010, McNeil Consumer Healthcare sent out a recall for over-the-counter medications, which incluids, including Children's Motrin and Infants' Tylenol manufactured at its plant in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
In May 2009, a consumer complained about noticing "black specks" at the bottom of a bottle of Infants' Tylenol. The specks were later determined to be nickel and chromium particles.
The recall of Infant's Children's Motrin and Tylenol, which kept the widely-used medications off pharmacy shelves, followed by of recalls between 2008 and 2010 that involved hundreds of millions of packages of Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl and other consumer health products, all recalled for faulty manufacturing.