On Thursday, May 26, 2010, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing entitled, “Johnson and Johnson’s Recall of Children’s Tylenol and Other Children’s Medicines.” The hearing examined the circumstances surrounding the voluntary recall of popular infant and children’s medicines produced by Johnson & Johnson/McNeil Consumer Healthcare.

On May 5, 2010, Chairman Towns and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) opened the committee’s investigation into the circumstances surrounding the voluntary recall of widely used pediatric medications.Johnson & Johnson recalled 6 million bottles from over 40 different types of medicines including brands such as Children’s Tylenol, Infants’ Tylenol, Children’s Motrin, and Children’s Benadryl.

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The hearing took place at 10:00 a.m. in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. The witnesses scheduled to testify included: