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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Sudafed Because Of A Typo

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First Posted: 02/25/11 03:09 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:35 PM ET

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Daily Finance:

Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) recall woes aren't over yet. The company's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit said Thursday it is recalling nine lots of Sudafed because of a typographical error in the directions. Yes, a typo.

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planetjeffy
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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12:01 AM on 02/28/2011
Sudafed is only sold at the pharmacy counter with a driver's license. Seems to me that the pharmacist could relabel the packages, no problem.
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LALC
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08:43 PM on 02/25/2011
OMG! Seems like the "not not" should emphasize what "NOT" to do!
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ILibertine
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08:22 PM on 02/25/2011
Ahhh, the old double negative trap. I am glad they have not not provided a stream of warm-sounding, meaningless fuzzies: "identified the inadequacies as part of a thorough, proactive quality and process assessment". Reassuring? Not.
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LALC
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08:51 PM on 02/25/2011
I bet most people won't even realize that it's dbl negative!
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05:07 PM on 02/25/2011
Meth manufacturers won't care about that!
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04:44 PM on 02/25/2011
Why is it so hard to imagine a typo whose results could be so serious that it would necessitate a recall?
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