New Children's and Infants' Tylenol recall (September 2009)

September 23, 5:14 PMEarly Childhood Parenting ExaminerAngele Sionna

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Check your medicine cabinet...certain lots of Children's and Infants' Tylenol are being recalled. The products involved were all manufactured between April 2008 and June 2008.

A letter posted to Tylenol's website for doctors and medical professionals (dated September 18, 2009) says:

The company has implemented this recall because examination of bulk raw material detected that one of the inactive ingredients did not meet internal testing requirements. Specifically, the gram-negative bacteria Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) was detected. The portion of raw material in which the bacteria was found was isolated and was not used in the production of any finished product. However, it was decided, as a precaution, to recall all product that utilized any of the raw material manufactured at the same time as the raw material that tested positive for the bacteria. Please note: No bacteria has been detected in finished product and the finished product has met all specifications.

The letter to doctors goes on, "Adverse health consequence of B. cepacia infections could be potentially severe especially in high-risk patients, such as those with underlying pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis or compromised immune systems."

Tylenol's consumer website does not yet have any information about this recall. But the company is advising parents and caregivers who have given the recalled Tylenol to call your pediatrician. If you have a bottle of the recalled product, contact Tylenol's Customer Care Center at 1-800-962-5357 and they will send them a coupon for a new bottle.

You can find the lot numbers of the affected products on the bottom of the box and on a sticker on the bottle. There is a list of affected products below. The list was provided by Tylenol to doctors on their website: