Johnson Baby Powder
Maharashtra FDA cancels Johnson & Johnson baby powder licence
Mumbai: The Maharashtra FDA has cancelled the baby talcum powder manufacturing licence of Johnson & Johnson, Mulund, after the department found it "Not Of Standard Quality".
The FDA said that the licence was cancelled after samples of the Johnson’s Baby Powder collected from Nashik and Pune failed quality checks and ordered the company to recall all its stocks from the markets.
These samples were declared by the FDA as ‘Not Of Standard Quality’ after they failed to comply with IS5339:2009 (Second Revision Amendment No. 3) Specification for Skin Powder for infants in the test pH.
In a statement, the FDA said: “The product Johnsons Baby Powder is popularly used in newborn babies. The sample declared 'Not of Standard' in pH and the use of the product may affect the health of the skin of the newborn babies.”
The firm "didn't accept the report" and challenged it in court for sending it to the Central Drugs Laboratory, the FDA said, according to media reports.
(With UNI inputs)
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