Massive OTC Pain Pill Recall

from WDIV Detroit TV 4

A major manufacturer of store-brand acetaminophen recalled 11 million bottles of the pain-relieving pills Thursday after discovering some were contaminated with metal fragments.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or illness. Perrigo Co. said it discovered the metal bits during quality-control checks. The company passed 70 million pills through a metal detector and discovered the metal in about 200 caplets. The fragments ranged in size from "microdots" to portions of wire one-third of an inch long.

The recall effects bottles containing various amounts of 500-milligram caplets. Consumers can determine if they are in possession of a recalled product by locating the batch number printed on the container label. Perrigo bills itself as the world's largest manufacturer of store-brand nonprescription drugs. The Allegan, Mich., company did not disclose the chains for which it manufactures the store-brand acetaminophen.

Wal-Mart, Kroger and CVS are among the big chains that sold the painkiller.

Acetaminophen is best known as the drug in products sold under the Tylenol brand but is widely available in generic versions. The recall does not affect Tylenol.

For batch details follow the link below:

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/perrigo/perrigobatchlist.html