J&J: Testing Confirms No Asbestos in Baby Powder
December 03 2019 - 6:30PM
Dow Jones News
By Josh Beckerman
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said testing has confirmed that
Johnson's Baby Powder is safe and free of asbestos.
The company said "our talc is safe and asbestos free, and these
150-plus tests, and the tests we routinely do to ensure the quality
and safety of our talc-based products, are consistent with the
results from renowned independent research labs over the past 40
years."
On Oct. 18, J&J recalled one lot of talcum powder. The FDA
said Oct. 18 that testing "has found that a sample from one lot of
the product contains chrysotile fibers, a type of asbestos." The
company said Oct. 29 that additional testing confirmed there was no
asbestos in the tested bottle.
The company said Tuesday that its investigation "concluded that
the most probable root causes for the FDA's reported results were
either test sample contamination and/or analyst error" at the FDA's
contracted lab, AMA Analytical Services Inc.
Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 03, 2019 18:15 ET (23:15 GMT)
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