J&J recalls Rolaids on wood-particle contamination

Johnson & Johnson says wood and other particles have been found in Softchews Rolaids, so it's expanding the November Rolaids recall to include all lots of the Softchews products.

Once again, we have Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) recall news. And once again, it's a product sold by J&J operating unit McNeil Consumer Healthcare. The company says wood and other particles have been found in Softchews Rolaids, so it's expanding the November Rolaids recall to include all lots of the Softchews products.

It's just the latest in a long series of consumer-drug recalls afflicting the company, including a massive recall of millions of bottles of children's meds. After that episode, the company halted production at its Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, plant where the drugs were made, laid off staff and set about retooling.

Since then, unflattering FDA inspection reports have surfaced, executives have testified to Congress, and J&J has lost hundreds of millions in sales. The company remains under investigation by the FDA's criminal division, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Justice Department. CEO Bill Weldon (photo) a