Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets on recall
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
McNeil Consumer Healthcare expands a voluntary recall of its arthritis analgesic from five lots to all available lots following consumer reports of a moldy odor associated with the product. The Johnson & Johnson unit and FDA said Dec. 18 certain lots of the Tylenol Arthritis Pain product in 100-count bottles had traces of a chemical from treated wooden pallets, though all adverse events associated with the resulting odor have been temporary and non-serious. McNeil said it plans to move production to a new facility and reintroduce the product
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