Tylenol Products
In Costa Rica
Are Safe, Says
Ministerio de
Salud
While Tylenol
products were
taken off the
shelves in
Panama and
Guatemala, the
ministerio de
Salud in Costa
Rica assures
that there is no
risk with the
Tylenol products
in Costa Rica
and is not
recalling the
products off the
shelf.
This after the
makers of
Tylenol recalled
more than 40
products from
the shelves,
mostly products
aimed at
children. The
products, for
the most part
have NOT been
sold in the U.S.
From the Tylenol
website:
"McNeil Consumer
Healthcare,
Division of
McNEIL-PPC,
Inc., in
consultation
with the U.S.
Food and Drug
Administration
(FDA), is
voluntarily
recalling all
lots that have
not yet expired
of certain
over-the-counter
(OTC) Children’s
and Infants’
liquid products
manufactured in
the United
States and
distributed in
the United
States, Canada,
Dominican
Republic, Dubai
(UAE), Fiji,
Guam, Guatemala,
Jamaica, Puerto
Rico, Panama,
Trinidad &
Tobago, and
Kuwait"
Tylenol states
that the
products which
were recalled
did not meet
industry
standards, and
that no injury
or illnesses
have occurred.
The recalled
products may
have an
overabundance of
inert
ingredients,
particles
floating in
suspensions
and/or too much
of the active
ingredients (the
actual drug) .
According to a
number of online
news sources,
they state that
the FDA reported
problems is more
dangerous than
originally
reported, as raw
materials in the
products, tested
positive for
bacterial
contamination.
The FDA testing
report, also
found more than
a dozen other
violations at
the facility
used to make the
products,
detailed a
series of sloppy
manufacturing
processes
including
failure to
maintain
equipment,
properly train
employees and
correctly weigh
ingredients. It
also reported
McNeil failed to
investigate "46
consumer
complaints
regarding
foreign
materials, dark
or black
specks," some
dating to June
2009. This was
the ninth
product recall
for McNeil this
year.
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