Tylenol recall expands
July 13, 2010
PHARMACIES in the US are
beginning to remove selected
Tylenol, Benadryl and Motrin
products of their shelves, following
the expansion of the voluntary
recall of McNeil Consumer
Healthcare products to include
more batches in the US, Puerto
Rico, Guatemala, Dominican
Republic, Fiji, Jamaica and Trinidad
and Tobago.
Included in the list of voluntarily
recalled products is Concentrated
Tylenol Infants’ Drops, Children’s
Tylenol, Children’s Tylenol Plus
Cough & Sore Throat, Children’s
Tylenol Plus Cough & Runny Nose,
Children’s Tylenol Plus Multi-
Symptom Cold, Children’s Tylenol
Plus Cough & Allergy,
Children’s Benadryl Allergy, Children’s
Motrin and Children’s Zyrtec.
In issuing the voluntary recall
alert McNeil said that some of the
products may contain a higher
concentration of active ingredient
than specified; others may contain
inactive ingredients that may not
meet internal testing requirements;
and others may contain tiny particles.
McNeil also said that whilst the
risk of serious harm is remote,
adults should discontinue their
child’s usage of the recalled
products immediately.
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