Stop J&J baby shampoo sale: Child rights body to states

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to the chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories asking them to stop the sale of Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo in their respective states and also remove the product from stock of the shops in view of the findings of the sample testing report from the Rajasthan Drug Control Officer.TOI had reported on April 1 that J&J’s baby shampoo has come under the regulatory lens with samples collected in Rajasthan showing presence of “harmful ingredients” that may cause cancer.While seeking an update in the matter from states, NCPCR in its order recommends that the sale of the product may be stopped till further notice.J&J spokesperson said, “We didn’t accept the interim results of the government analyst that were based on unknown and unspecified methods and have contested them. We will await the conclusions of the re-testing process at the Central Drugs Laboratory. We are not aware of any directions from NCPCR. ...Any such directions, under the law, can only be issued under certain prescribed conditions”.The NCPCR took note of a Rajasthan government report and the results quoted of the Government Analyst Drug Testing Laboratory in Jaipur which found samples of J&J baby shampoo “not of standard quality as presence of formaldehyde was confirmed”. The Centre had put the product under scrutiny based on the Rajasthan state drug controller’s report, official sources said.The child rights body has also asked the Drug Control Organisation Rajasthan to send the test report of Johnson & Johnson’s baby talcum powder at the earliest.

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