in World News Multiple African Countries Recall Johnson & Johnson Drug, Elevated Levels Of Toxicity
By Danielle
Multiple African countries have issued a recall for a batch of Johnson & Johnson children’s cough syrup due to laboratory tests finding elevated levels of toxicity.
“Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) announced the recall after laboratory tests found an unacceptably high level of diethylene glycol, which is toxic to humans, prompting regulators in five other African countries to also issue recalls,” Reuters reports.
Drug regulators in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe also issued recalls of the drug.
African states recall Johnson & Johnson children’s medicine
Kenya has followed Nigeria in withdrawing a batch of cough syrups, saying they contain deadly toxinsWhy is this company still a thing? pic.twitter.com/A0u4rdF75I
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RT reports:
On April 12, the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) initiated the recall upon receiving information regarding the Nigerian test findings on the previous day. On the same day, the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) issued “the present recall for precautionary measures.”
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) director-general Richard Rukwata stated on Monday that the organization had decided to recall the product.