Archives by Tag 'McNeil'

J&J Recalls Rolaids Products due to Foreign Material such as Metal and Wood

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. and part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, has announced a recall of Rolaids products due to reports of foreign materials, including pieces of metal and wood. Consumers use Rolaids products for the relief of heartburn, acid indigestion, sour stomach and gas. According to an [...]

Another Tylenol Recall for J&J Due to Sickening Odor

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, one of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, has issued a recall of Tylenol 8HR caplets due to consumer complaints of a musty smell, the same smell that triggered recalls of other products during the past year. This is the sixth time that McNeil issued a recall due to an off [...]

Johnson & Johnson Expands Tylenol Recall, Again

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, one of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is once again expanding its recall of over-the-counter medications associated with a musty smell that made some consumers sick. In November 2009, McNeil recalled certain lots of 100ct Tylenol Arthritis Pain with EZ-Open Cap following consumer reports of an unusual moldy, musty or [...]

FDA Warns Pfizer for Failing to Report Drug Side Effects

During the course of the congressional hearing by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigating the April 2010 recall of over-the-counter Johnson & Johnson/McNeil pediatric products, documents revealed that McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a unit of J&J, hired contractors to buy back defective Motrin products from store shelves secretly instead of issuing a recall. McNeil [...]