You may have thought you were playing it safe by avoiding recently-recalled Johnson & Johnson products, but another drugmaker is now in the hot seat for some of the same problems, including the release of metal-tainted pills.
On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to one of the world’s largest manufacturers of generic drugs, Michigan-based Perrigo Co.
The FDA said Perrigo failed to take appropriate action after the FDA cited the drug maker with a number of violations following an inspection of its facilities earlier in the year.
The first violation was issued for releasing products that didn’t meet quality control standards, including ibuprofen tablets contaminated with metal shavings from an equipment failure, the FDA said.
Read More: By Blake Ellis, CNNMoney.com
