Stink triggers new Benadryl, Tylenol recall in Jamaica

NEW YORK (AP):

A number of over-the-counter drugs, including the popular Benadryl and Tylenol brands, have been recalled from Jamaica and six other nations because of a musty and mouldy smell, Johnson & Johnson announced on Thursday.

The recall has also been activated in the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Fiji, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, said McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson's parent company.

The drugs that are being recalled include Benadryl, Children's Tylenol, Motrin IB, Tylenol Extra Strength, Tylenol Day & Night and Tylenol PM.

The company has already made a large recall of those drugs and over-the-counter products, saying about 70 people noticed the smell. Some of them got sick, with symptoms including nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. The odour was linked to a chemical in shipping pallets and traced to a facility in Puerto Rico.

The company had planned to stop shipping those products on wooden pallets treated with the chemical, and asked its suppliers to do the same.

Johnson & Johnson said the latest recall applies to products made before the January recall.

The world's biggest maker of health-care products, Johnson & Johnson, enjoyed a strong reputation for safety, but it has dealt with several product recalls since late last year.