N. C. Plant Found to Be Maker of Recalled Rolaids

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Source: The New York Times

Best Sweet, a maker of candy and chewy over-the-counter drug products in Mooresville, N.C., made the millions of Rolaids soft chews involved in a recall last week by a unit of Johnson & Johnson, according to Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the Johnson & Johnson unit, recalled about 13 million packages of Rolaids on Dec. 9, saying that metal and wood particles may have contaminated the items during production at a third-party manufacturer. But McNeil declined last week to identify the Rolaids contractor.

Mr. Issa, the chairman-designate of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has been investigating McNeil for its conduct in previous recalls, disclosed Best Sweet as the Rolaids manufacturer in a letter sent Friday to the Food and Drug Administration.

Since Best Sweet’s “facility produces more than four billion products each year, I am concerned about F.D.A.’s knowledge of Best Sweet’s contractual relationship with Johnson & Johnson in manufacturing Rolaids and whether or not the F.D.A. is acting appropriately to determine if there are other similar public safety concerns about products manufactured by Best Sweet,” Mr. Issa wrote in the letter to Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the commissioner of the F.D.A.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/business/18drug.html

[pacalo]

1. I've never tried the soft chew's, but I absolutely loved Rolaids' spearmint flavor

of the regular tablets. The flavor was discontinued several years ago, but I was able to find some online. I doubt there's any more to be found. I don't care for the Tums brand at all -- too chalky.

[valerief]

2. I take it there's no union or quality control. nt

[skids]

3. Still no sign of any Rolaids at my grocery stores...

...ever since that first recall on the plastic bottles they've been nowhere to be seen.

Must be a global conspiracy to make me magnesium deficient.

[Grinchie]

4. Wouldn't have happened if they were made in China!

I kid, but I'm sure they'll spin it that way for the Stockholders.

[Johnny Harpo]

5. So Much For FDA Inspections....

use at your own peril.