Approximately 16,000 bottles of schizophrenia drug - Risperdal - have been recalled by Johnson & Johnson company, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. because of an "uncharacteristic odor".The smell is thought to be caused by traces of a byproduct of a chemical preservative which is applied to wooden pallets - 2, 4, 6 tribromoanisole (TBA). The company says TBA is not toxic, but can give off an unpleasant smell. A very small number of patients may experience temporary gastrointestinal symptoms.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Another week, another J&J recall
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I have written about the stinking pallets many times and this does not take a brain surgeon to fix this problem-take the pallets outdoors and treat them and don't use them until they are dry:) I don't think that is brain surgery but it just keeps happening. I spent many years in logistics sales and thus spent time in customers warehouses and shipping departments and watched this go on for years, i.e. at J and J and Pfizer, who otherwise though ran a good distribution ship overall.
As soon as it is cold or rains, the pallets come in doors for treating, so those coming from areas where the weather is better have a lesser chance of stinking:)
I could go on and on about pallets and pallet wars, and the focus they get even outside of stinking is phenomenal and companies even fight each other over pallets. We used to pick up freight on pallets and in turn would return their pallets to them the next day on an exchange and they would not always get the same pallets back and all you know what would break loose.
The corrugated slip sheets are too costly and can't be reused so that option get tossed out. Most preferred not to outsource the treating of pallets as that didn't always work too well either as the small mom and pop companies never seemed to get it right and you didn't get what you paid for with some not getting treated and others were over done.
You would think this issue with the money it costs to recall the drugs could be solved! Last time it was Topamax and I ranted pretty good about not being able to solve this problem as the dollar to bring a of this back puts big money in the pockets of the logistics companies (freight charges both ways)as if a recall broke out that was substantial I knew I was going to easily make my sales quota that month:)
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