On Monday, Johnson & Johnson issued yet another recall for Tylenol. This marks the 13th major product recall by the company in barely a year.
On the eve of Johnson & Johnson’s quarterly earnings call, the company is recalling Tylenol for exactly the reasons as before. This latest recall covers the 50-count bottles of Tylenol 8 Hour caplets. Patients flooded J&J with adverse reports for nausea, vomiting and diarrhea after taking more Tylenol that is believed to be contaminated with pesticide 2,4,6-tribromoanisole.
Most intriguing is that the J&J has previously claimed that it stopped using the pesticide-laden wooden shipping pallets on January 15th. If that were true, this recall would seem to have been unnecessary. Once again, it seems that J&J has not been entirely forthcoming with the FDA, its investors, and most importantly, consumers.
Meanwhile, J&J seems to be soft pushing this recall. The company has not posted anything about this on its McNeil Product Recall Twitter Account or its official company blog – JNJBTW.
