FDA: Tylenol referred to crime division

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Source: CNN

The matter of a series of Tylenol recalls has been referred to the Food and Drug Administration's crime division, an FDA official told lawmakers Thursday.

Drugmaker McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has recalled products four times in seven months, including a widespread recall of children's non-prescription drugs on May 1.

At a hearing led by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked an FDA official whether "a potential criminal liability" exists as a result of the recalls.

"Well, it has been referred to the FDA's crime division," said Deborah Autor, a director at the FDA's compliance office.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/27/news/companies/tylenol_hearing/

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