Rajasthan’s drug controller found that Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo samples were not of standard quality
Companies News: US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has once again come under the scanner after Rajasthan’s drug controller found that its baby shampoo samples were not of standard quality. The samples tested were found containing harmful substances, said the drug controller.
According to reports, the Drugs Control Organization asked state drug controllers across India to withdraw available stocks of J&J’s baby shampoo from the market to ensure that it is not used anymore. “The samples of cosmetics contains harmful ingredients,” according to the report of samples tested between 16 and 28 February.
Johnson & Johnson had suffered a huge setback in December last year, after a Reuters report alleged that there were traces of asbestos, a carcinogen, in its baby powder. In India, CDSCO ordered the company to stop manufacturing its baby powders using raw materials until further tests proved it was asbestos-free, two days after the Reuters report was published. Even
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