FDA finds bacterial contamination in children's medicine ingredients

Reporting from Washington
Raw materials used to make over-the-counter infant's and children's medications, which are subject to a massive recall, tested positive for bacterial contamination, according to a Food and Drug Administration inspection report released late Tuesday.

The report, which 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.

The report also indicates that the drug maker, Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare subsidiary, failed to investigate "46 consumer complaints regarding foreign materials, dark or black specks," some dating to June 2009.

McNeil announced a recall of more than 50 variations of infant's and children's Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl on Friday.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tylenol-20100505,0,3649117.story

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