J&J recalls 13 Million Packages of Rolaids

[Robbien]

Source: ABC News

Wood and Metal in Rolaids May Cause Vomiting, Dental Injury

Vomiting, gum and tooth injury, and abnormal taste were among the adverse reactions reported. J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare business, which sells the products, stated that "risk of serious adverse health consequences is remote," but have nonetheless advised consumers to discontinue use at this time.

The company says the materials were potentially introduced into the products during the manufacturing process at an outside plant but McNeil spokeswoman Bonnie Jacobs declined to provide ABC News with the identity of this third-party manufacturer.

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Johnson & Johnson have issued several recalls in recent months . . .

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/recalls-rolaids-wood-metal-bits-found-antacid/story?id=12364555

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Recent Recalls by J&J per a quick google search:
Just about all Tylenol products
Hip replacements
Mylanta
contact lenses
Benadryl
cancer drug Velcade

causes:
dirty warehouses contaminating products, extra particles in products, ingredients not as stated, sloppy manufacturing

Globalization at its finest.

[valerief]

1. What is an outside plant? One that has no quality control? nt

[Gin]

2. this company had a great reputation at one time....what a pity the

brand name now means danger.

[valerief]

3. Yeah, J&J nows means Junk & Jeopardy. nt

[Kablooie]

5. They have had several recalls over the years.

Relative to other companies J&J are pretty reliable but they aren't perfect.

[LiberalEsto]

6. I used to tangle with J&J

many years ago in their headquarters city of New Brunswick, NJ. Trust me, they are an evil company. I see these recalls as their bad karma coming back to them.

[DirkGently]

4. Any possibility the "outside plant" is in China?

[Robbien]

7. When doing the original google search I saw Mexican plants mentioned often

They don't do much, if any, manufacturing in the US.