A senior official of India’s drugs regulator has ordered Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) to stop manufacturing its Baby Powder using raw materials in two of its Indian factories until test results prove they are free of asbestos.
One official at the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), citing the sensitivity of the matter, said a written order had been sent to the U.S. company telling it to stop using the “huge quantities” of raw materials stocked in its plants in northern and western India.
“Whenever inspectors feel there is contamination in one thing they also take samples of (other products) from the same company,” the official said.
“We have told them until this investigation concludes, you should not use the raw material. Test results will take time,” the official added. “Testing for asbestos is not a routine procedure. It might be in traces. It will require us to develop a method and all those things.”
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