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Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday, 4 December, reaffirmed that its baby powder is safe and free of asbestos after a comprehensive investigation into the United States Food and Drug
Administration's (USFDA) earlier finding of sub-trace levels of asbestos in samples from a single bottle of Johnson's baby powder. According to the company, tests conducted by two
third-party labs show asbestos was not present in the single bottle that FDA tested, nor was it present in retained samples of the finished lot from which the bottle was produced.
“These150-plus tests, and the tests we routinely do to ensure the quality and safety of our talc-based products are consistent with the results from renowned independent research labs over
the past 40 years," the company added in a statement. Earlier in October, at least 33,000 bottles of Johnson's baby powder were recalled by the company in the US after health
regulators found asbestos traces in a bottle that was purchased online. In an earlier statement, J&J said that out of an abundance of caution, "it is initiating a voluntary recall
in the United States of a single lot of its Johnson's Baby Powder in response to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) test indicating the presence of sub-trace levels of chrysotile
asbestos contamination (no greater than 0.00002 per cent) in samples from a single bottle purchased from an online retailer". “Despite the low levels reported and in full cooperation
and collaboration with the FDA, JJCI is initiating this voluntary recall of Lot #22318RB of Johnson’s Baby Powder, from which the tested sample was taken, ” The company added. _(This story
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