The Bombay High Court allowed the manufacture of baby powder and ordered its sample to be tested. Re-testing of baby powder samples will be completed within two weeks. The court said in its order that the FDA take a sample of the powder and send it to two government laboratories and a private lab for re-testing.
Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder
Bombay High Court Johnson & Johnson (Johnson and Johnson) Private Limited Maharashtra Permission was granted to manufacture baby powder at K’s Mulund plant. But a condition has been added to this that the company should make the powder at its own risk. The company got permission to manufacture the powder, but the product would neither be sold nor distributed. This is because in Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the sale and distribution. Recently, the FDA revoked the license of the Johnson & Johnson plant to manufacture baby powder. With this, the company was ordered to withdraw the product from the market.
The Bombay High Court allowed the manufacture of baby powder and ordered its sample to be tested. Re-testing of baby powder samples will be completed within two weeks. The court said in its order that the FDA take a sample of the powder and send it to two government laboratories and a private lab for re-testing. Recently, the Maharashtra government had banned Johnson and Johnson’s baby powder citing public interest. The sample taken from the company’s Mulund plant containing baby powder was not found to be of ‘standard quality’.
what is the whole matter
In December 2018, the FDA conducted a surprise inspection. In this, quality checking was done at Johnson & Johnson’s Pune and Nashik plants. The baby powder samples taken from the Mulund plant were not found to be of standard quality. In 2019, a decision came on this testing, in which it was said that this skin powder for children is not according to the rules of IS 5339:2004. After this, a show cause notice was issued to the company under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. But the company challenged this action and appealed for re-testing.
show cause notice to the company
Under the Drugs Act, Johnson & Johnson was asked in a show cause notice as to why the manufacturing license of the company should not be cancelled. Along with this, instructions were given to remove all the products from the market. Johnson & Johnson did not accept the government’s report and challenged the decision in the Bombay High Court. In this, it was also demanded that the sample of baby powder should be sent to the Referral Central Drugs Laboratory in Kolkata.
Now the Bombay High Court has given its verdict on this issue. It has been said that Johnson & Johnson can make baby powder at Mulund plant in Maharashtra, but it will have to be made at its own risk. However, permission has not been given to sell and distribute the company’s products.
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