acetaminophen recall due to metal...

November 14, 2006

Posted by: " Bethany " bjezik pleiadianangelwing

Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:21 pm (PST)

Why do we bother with dealing in poison at any level... imho all the

meds should be recalled simply due to their listed side effects, let

alone dirty batches which may be more than we know. And how do they

find this out? Heavy metal is no laughing matter... who is putting

it in the meds? Big Pharma no doubt. Is this another way to put fear

in us so we will allow some sort of metal detector implant?????

(factious)

Recall: 11M bottles of store-brand acetaminophen

This just in from the Associated Press: " A major manufacturer of

store-brand acetaminophen has recalled 11 million bottles of the

pain-relieving pills because of contamination with metal fragments. "

The recall involves bottles with 500-milligram caplets. AP says

Perrigo (PRGO), which describes itself as the leading manufacturer

of store-brand nonprescription drugs, did not identify any of the

stores that received the caplets. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., CVS Corp.,

Walgreen Co. and Costco Wholesale Corp. were listed in government

filings as companies it supplies with health care products,

according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, the AP

reports.

" Our quality control systems noted trace amounts of metal

particulate in a very small number of these caplet products, " John

Hendrickson, general manager of Perrigo Consumer Healthcare, said in

a press release. " Although the frequency of occurrence is very low,

the probability of health risk is remote, and there have been no

reports of injuries or illness related to this incident, we are

taking this measure to maintain the highest possible product quality

standards. "

Update at 11:30 a.m. ET: Customers can tell whether products they

bought are being recalled by checking the store list on the FDA Web

site, and the batch list.

USA Story

http://blogs. usatoday. com/ondeadline/ 2006/11/recall_ 11m_bott.

html

FDA Website

http://www.fda. gov/oc/po/ firmrecalls/ perrigo/perrigoc ustlist.html

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