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The
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) announced yesterday that it was banning the
importation, distribution, and sale of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Baby
Powder products that contain the talc ingredient
Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) said yesterday that it was banning the
importation, distribution and sale of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Baby Powder that contain the talc ingredient.The statement by TBS comes almost
two weeks after the standards body announced that it was investigating the
possibility of the presence in the market of baby powder manufactured by the US
pharmaceutical giant J&J that contains talc, which is claimed to cause
cancer in some countries.
On April 4, J&J announced its
intention to stop manufacturing the product using talc in Dar es Salaam.
The Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) announced yesterday that it was banning the importation, distribution,
and sale of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Baby Powder products that contain
the talc ingredient.
According to TBS, during its
investigations, it established that the J&J Baby Powder with the talc
ingredient was indeed available in the market.
On April 4, J&J announced its
intention to stop manufacturing the product using talc as an ingredient after
the company proposed an $8.9 billion (Sh21 trillion) settlement to resolve years-old
lawsuits claiming that its talcum powder products caused cancer.
That was after the New Jersey-based
company said the proposed settlement, which must also be approved by a
bankruptcy court, “will equitably and efficiently resolve all claims arising
from cosmetic talc litigation.”
J&J has been facing thousands of
lawsuits over talcum powder containing traces of asbestos.
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