{"id":9852,"date":"2013-04-30T11:07:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T05:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=9852"},"modified":"2013-04-30T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T05:37:07","slug":"cancer-causing-substance-in-johnsonjohnson-powder-licence-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/cancer-causing-substance-in-johnsonjohnson-powder-licence-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer causing substance in Johnson &#038; Johnson powder, licence suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra, the apex body for food and drug products, <strong>suspended the licence of Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/strong> after residues of carcinogenic substances were found in baby talcum powder produced by it. As per the reports, the order will become effective from 24 June. The FDA has spotted ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing agent and irritant, in 15 batches of baby talcum powder produced in 2007 and had expiry date till 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers are told not to worry as the shelf life of the batch ended in July 2010 and it is not available in the market now. The FDA has said that the procedure used to make the powder is not healthy and exposes consumers to the risk of developing cancer. <strong>Ethylene oxide was used to sterilize microbial load in the powder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were unacceptable levels of ethylene oxide, which is a trigger for cancer. Ethylene oxide was being used to bring down microbial load in the powder by sterilisation. But it was found that there was ethylene oxide residue in the talcum powder, which is primarily used on infants. In light of this, we have suspended the licence.\u201d said Kamlesh B Shende, FDA joint commissioner (drugs).<\/p>\n<p>Company spokespersons have confirmed the licence cancellation order issued by the FDA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FDA raised concerns about following ethylene oxide treatment, which was not included as part of the manufacturing process submitted to the FDA. This method is widely used for Medical Devices around the world. This was followed as an exception and all internal safety protocols were followed to ensure that safety of the consumer was not compromised.\u201d said a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that the multinational company has come under the scanner of the FDA. According to an Economic Times report, FDA, in 2005 served a notice on Johnson &amp; Johnson, stating that J&amp;Js baby oil was a clear case of \u201cmisbranding\u201d as there had been \u201cno \u201cclinical trials to brand the product a special baby product.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra, the apex body for food and drug products, suspended the licence of Johnson &amp; Johnson after residues of carcinogenic substances were found in baby talcum powder produced by it. As per the reports, the order will become effective from 24 June. The FDA has spotted ethylene oxide, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[192],"class_list":["post-9852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9852"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}