Pharmacy’s instructed to discontinue selling products and consumers advised to stop using them
Sector Public Health, Social Development & Labour (VSA) Inspection Pharmaceutical Department, has instructed pharmacies to discontinue selling Tylenol, Benadryl and Motrin IB medicine, and consumers are advised to stop using the aforementioned products.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare (Johnson & Johnson) is recalling 21 lots of Tylenol, Benadryl and Motrin IB. This action is a follow-up to a product recall that McNeil Consumer Healthcare had originally announced January 15, 2010 when consumers complained of a musty or mouldy odour, which has been linked to the presence of trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromanisole (TBA).
The recall is in line with public health safety. The product lot numbers for the recalled products can be found on the side of the bottle label.
Persons can contact the Inspection VSA Pharmaceutical Department on 542-2059 for more information.
The expansion involves the following products with their respective lot numbers:
