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May 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The leaders of the U.S House committee have announced on Wednesday that they plan to seek clarification in the information about the significance of the contamination in those raw material in children’s Tylenol, and other liquid products produced by Johnson and Johnson.

According to a report released on May 4, the US Food and Drug Administration recalled children’s liquid cold medications, and Tylenol because of a bacteria contamination in the raw materials used to make the medications. There were over 43 different Johnson and Johnson products which were recalled, under such brand names as Motrin, Tylenol, Zyrtec, and Benadryl.

Now Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the ranking minority member, are saying that the US. FDA has given conflicting stories on how the recall came about, what caused it, and how serious it actually is. This is the third recall on Tylenol products in less than a year, and this is also causing them to test the FDA accuracy in their inspection procedures.

“We are deeply concerned about the recall of popular pediatric medications widely used by infants and children across the country,” Towns and Issa stated, according to the ‘Post Chronicle’. “When a recall of this nature occurs, it is our responsibility to bring attention to the issue as a public service and to fulfill our oversight responsibility by asking tough questions about the conditions of the manufacturing plant and controls put in place by the drug company’s management, and about whether FDA’s inspection and recall procedures were sufficient.”