As per the press note released by FDA , Maharashtra Food & Drugs Administration has cancelled the manufacturing license of Johnson’s Baby Powder of Johnson’s & Johnson’s Pvt. Ltd.
FDA as a routine active do checks commercial samples from the market for quality and in one such incident they tested samples of Johnson’s Baby Powder of Johnson’s & Johnson’s Pvt. Ltd. drawn from Pune and Nashik. Testing data confirmed that the product didn’t comply to IS 5339:2004 standard requirement and it was failing with respect to PH Test. Johnson’s & Johnson’s Pvt. Ltd. challenged the results and samples were further sent to Central Drug Laboratory Kolkata where it was re-confirmed the failure of sample, subsequently Maharashtra FDA cancelled the production license for the said product and a recall instruction was given for all the stock from the market.
In the year 2019 Johnson’s & Johnson’s Pvt. Ltd. had voluntarily recalled of a single lot after US FDA had found asbestos contamination in the product. Asbestos is a known carcinogen.
In May 2020 Johnson and Johnson announced it would stop selling in Talcum Powder in US and Canada . Johnson & Johnson is also facing many lay suits in US from consumers in US claiming its talc products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder, caused their cancer.
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References- Date- 17-09-2022
Maharashtra Food & Drugs Administration has cancelled the manufacturing license of Johnson’s Baby Powder of Johnson’s & Johnson’s Pvt. Ltd., Mulund, Mumbai after samples of the powder drawn at Pune & Nashik were declared "Not of Standard Quality" by the govt pic.twitter.com/4iFIdNd9RI
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2022
