Custom Design Pallets & Crates

CNN Money is reporting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking over three Tylenol plants following a three-years long series of drug recalls and a FDA criminal investigation. A brief chronology of some of the company's recall problems is available in the box below.

 

Link to CNN Money Article

 

Early on in its recalls, Johnson and Johnson latched onto the wood pallet in a transparent effort to divert attention from its substandard manufacturing practices.  And because J&J is a giant in the pharmaceutical industry, other smaller drug companies, when faced with their own recalls, have followed J&J's lead and blamed the wood pallets. 

 

At the NWPCA Annual Leadership Conference, a representative from Abbott Laboratory said that was not Abbot's findings.  He said his company has analyzed the pallets in Abbott's system and found them to be taint-free.

 

Because of J&J's accusations against wood pallets, NWPCA was on hand at the congressional hearing on the Tylenol recalls.  At that hearing, FDA Deputy Commissioner listed a multitude of J&J failures -- none of which had anything to do with wood pallets: 

• Misstating risks and benefits of products
• Particulates found in liquid medications
• Failure to meet its own specifications for bacteria and particulates
• Higher than expected concentrations of Tylenol per dropper
• Bacteria contamination of raw materials
• Inadequate equipment maintenance
• Failure to investigate consumer complaints of foreign materials, black or dark specks made a year before recall