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A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary will pay $25 million for selling medicine contaminated with metal.
According to The Associated Press, McNeil Consumer Healthcare pleaded guilty Tuesday to knowingly selling Infants' and Children's Tylenol and Children's Motrin that contained particles of nickel, iron and chromium.
The company said nobody was injured by the medicine, which was contaminated in its Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, plant. McNeil reportedly learned of the contamination in May 2009 but continued selling the medicine anyway.
McNeil eventually issued a recall and closed the plant in April 2010. The Food and Drug Administration said the contamination was unlikely to cause serious medical issues.
