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(New Delhi) REUTERS: Johnson & Johnson has resumed production of its baby powder at plants in India after the government tests found no asbestos in the product, the company said on Thursday.


“Johnson & Johnson has resumed production of its Johnson’s Baby Powder at plants in Baddi and Mulund, India, after the government sanctioned testing reaffirmed that the product does not contain asbestos,” J&J said in a statement to Reuters.

Reuters reported earlier on Thursday that the federal regulator had not found any asbestos in the company’s talc, citing sources familiar with the matter.


The federal regulator and its counterparts in Indian states launched an investigation into J&J’s Baby Powder following a Reuters report in December that the firm knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos could be found in the product.


J&J has described the Reuters article as “one-sided, false and inflammatory”.


The Indian regulator wrote to the US company in December asking it to stop using the “huge quantities” of raw materials stocked in its plants in northern and western India until the test results proved they were free of asbestos.


“In recent months, the regulatory authorities from Singapore, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait and Egypt have also reaffirmed the purity of Johnson & Johnson’s talc,” J&J said.

 


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