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Tylenol (and other) RECALL
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Tylenol (and other) RECALL
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LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Seems they put their guard down too soon! Happens when we get sloppy. I have Extra Strength Tylenol at home that I poured into a zip lock baggie and I no longer have the bottle. Guess I'll be throwing that away.
-Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain-
Kim
Kim
Actually, it's doubtful that the product itself is compromised - the problem is due to a fungicide used to treat wooden pallets, when they are manufactured. That being the case, I seriously doubt that the problem is confined to products manufactured by McNeil-PPC, because the use of wooden pallets is ubiquitous to supply handling in virtually all manufacturing processes. A lot of finished products, (especially food, feed, pet food, etc.), is shipped on slipsheets, sans pallets, but packaging supplies that are inputs for the manufacturing industry, typically ship on pallets, (though not all of them are wooden, these days). Old, recycled pallets typically don't cause much of a risk, but some companies, (who can afford it), use only new pallets, (thinking that new pallets are much more sanitary, and therefore, safer). (Just another example of how the best of intentions can sometimes backfire). 
Here's a report on the chemistry involved. Apparently the odor is a byproduct of a fungus that the fungicide doesn't control very well. As you can see, the problem has been know for at least 13 years, but apparently it wasn't well publicized.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf960587u
Tex
Here's a report on the chemistry involved. Apparently the odor is a byproduct of a fungus that the fungicide doesn't control very well. As you can see, the problem has been know for at least 13 years, but apparently it wasn't well publicized.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf960587u
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
TEX...is there anything you are not educated in? OMgoodness!
I have to admit something.....I had to ask my very smart hubby what ubiquitous meant. That was a new one on me. Of course he was shocked I had never heard it before
Now it is my goal to use it all weekend so I will learn it and become comfortable with using it. LOL
I have to admit something.....I had to ask my very smart hubby what ubiquitous meant. That was a new one on me. Of course he was shocked I had never heard it before
Now it is my goal to use it all weekend so I will learn it and become comfortable with using it. LOL-Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain-
Kim
Kim
Kim,
I use a lot of pallets in my business, actually - many thousands of them, over the years.
It's always fun to add a new word or two, to your vocabulary, I agree. You've got the right idea, because I find that if I don't use 'em, I tend to forget 'em.
Tex
I use a lot of pallets in my business, actually - many thousands of them, over the years.
It's always fun to add a new word or two, to your vocabulary, I agree. You've got the right idea, because I find that if I don't use 'em, I tend to forget 'em.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.