Claim: In 2015 the FDA issued a recall for children's Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl products.
FALSE
Example: [Collected via e-mail, April 2015]
I have had at least 10 friends post this FDA link to a recall about Children's Motrin, Tylenol, Benadryl, etc. Everyone seems to be panicking about a notice that appears several years old to me.
Origins: A warning about a supposedly current FDA recall involving the over-the-counter medications Motrin, Tylenol and Benadryl began circulating online in early 2015. Although many Facebook posts referencing the recall included a link to a genuine statement from the FDA about a voluntary recall of McNeil Consumer Healthcare infant and children’s liquid products (Tylenol®, Motrin®, Zyrtec®, and Benadryl®) "due to manufacturing deficiencies which may affect quality," that statement (and the recall to which it applied) occurred in 2010 and does not affect any products sold in 2015:
This outdated warning started recirculating online shortly after McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary that manufactures Tylenol, entered into a plea agreement in federal court "to selling liquid medicine contaminated with metal" and agreed to a
A spokesman for McNeil said that the plea agreement "closes a chapter" and that the company has "been implementing enhanced quality and oversight standards across its entire business."
Last updated: 22 April 2015