Roommates, Johnson & Johnson is recalling its most famous product as a precaution. As of Friday, 33,000 bottles of baby powder have reportedly been pulled from shelves after federal regulators found a small amount of asbestos in a bottle purchased online.
According to CBS News, the company is planning to recall only one shipment of Johnson’s Baby Powder produced and shipped in the United States last year. The company is maintaining, however, the move is just a precautionary measure.
“Johnson and Johnson has a rigorous testing standard in place to ensure its cosmetic talc is safe and years of testing, including the FDA’s own testing in prior occasions–and as recently as last month–fund no asbestos,” the company said in a statement.
The company claims that independent laboratories have tested its talc, the main product used to make baby powder, and confirmed that it is asbestos-free. Johnson and Johnson also said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found small amounts of asbestos in only one bottle.
The coupon is currently holding and investigation to determine how the contamination may have happened.
“Thousand of tests over the past 40 years reportedly confirm that our consumer talc products do not contain asbestos. Our talc comes from ore sources confirmed to meet our stringent specifications that exceed industry standards,” the statement continued.
This is not the first time J&J has come under fire for an asbestos scare, however. Back in February, J&J disclosed that the Justice Department was investing the company over allegations that Johnson’s Baby Powder is contaminated with asbestos.
J&J is amid a current lawsuit, in which the company has been ordered to pay $8 million in damages to a man who claims one of the company’s drugs he took as a child caused him to grow breasts.
