05.27.2010
Another LA Times article day!
Today’s paper, A12: Plant That Recalled Tylenol Had Cut Staff.
I could’ve stopped reading there, because my blood pressure started to rise, but I decided to keep reading. [If you remember, children's Tylenol and more than other 40 pediatric products were recalled in the last year or two.]
“A Pennsylvania drug plant plagued by quality-control problems that prompted a nationwide recall of children’s Tylenol and dozens of other popular pediatric medicines drastically reduced its workforce in recent years…And a FDA inspection report this year cited a failure to properly train contract and temporary employees as part of a catalogue of problems at the plant run by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of pharmaceuticals giant Johnson & Johnson.”
At what cost are companies willing to invest in employees, in time, and in their product to ensure safety? Because, apparently, human life isn’t enough.
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