Is the 2010 Recall Worse Than the 1982 Tylenol Recall?
The Tylenol recall 2010 is an astronomically expensive endeavor for Johnson & Johnson. Not only is the recall expensive, it’s also inconvenient and has caused many consumers to lose faith in the drug manufacturer. As the Tylenol recall has been expanded more than once, there are those that assume that the pharmaceutical company doesn’t really know what’s going on. The 2010 recall has been compared to the one that happened in 1982. In 1982 an individual was responsible for tampering with the containers and placing deadly poison inside the medication bottles. The end result was that Johnson & Johnson had to deal with fatalities. It is because of that incident that we now have the tamper evident packaging on all medications. In 1982 it only took the company 6 days to respond to consumer complaints. This time around it has taken them – get this – 20 months. Yep. That’s right! Consumers have been complaining about a musty smell coming from the medicine for almost two years now. While the ef
