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Title: Johnson & Johnson recalling all infant Tylenol on the US market Post by: MuffyBee on February 17, 2012, 03:41:44 PM http://www.kvue.com/news/139519978.html
Johnson & Johnson recalling all infant Tylenol February 17, 2012 (http://media.kvue.com/images/470*264/021712infanttylenol.jpg) Credit: Tylenol TRENTON, N.J. -- Johnson & Johnson is recalling all infant Tylenol on the U.S. market because some parents have had problems with newly designed bottles -- just introduced three months ago -- that the company had touted as a big improvement to make measuring the correct dose easier. Instead, some parents have complained that a protective cover on the top of the bottles meant to limit how much liquid pain reliever could be drawn into a plastic syringe didn't work correctly. When those consumers inserted the plastic syringe, it pushed the protective cover, or flow restrictor, into the bottle. J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare, plagued by about 25 product recalls since September 2009, said Friday that it is recalling all 574,000 bottles of a grape-flavored version of the liquid medicine on the market. The product, which was distributed nationally, was introduced in November. More... Video showing how dose restrictor works: http://www.youtube.com/tylenol |