Tylenol Expands Recall To Include Children's Tylenol

MYFOXNY.COM - The musty, modly smell that has caused a headache for the makers of Tylenol products is forcing more recalls.

The latest recall by Johnson & Johnson's McNeil consumer health care unit covers 21 lots of products, including Children's Tylenol.  The lots involved are sold in the United States, Fiji, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica.

Those are being recalled because they are tied to a large Jan. 15 recall that is blamed on shipping pallets.

The company says the new lots were added to the recall as a precaution after an internal review found those lots, shipped and stored before Jan. 15, had been on the same type of wooden pallets.  The smell is caused by small amounts of a chemical associated with the treatment of the pallets.

The New Brunswick, N.J., company said it is investigating the issue and will stop shipping products with the same materials on wooden pallets. It has asked suppliers to do so as well.

In May McNeil also recalled a list of products that included infants tylenol drops and suspensions, Motrin suspensions, and zyrtec liquids in bottles.  At the time, the company said that some of the products may not meet required quality standards.

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