The hot-selling product was accused of causing cancer, and the brand announced a global suspension of sales!

Recently, Johnson & Johnson announced that it will stop producing and selling baby powder containing talc worldwide.

The suspension of sales of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder was foreshadowed, as the company had received 38,000 lawsuits from consumers who accused Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder of causing them to develop cancer.

Previously, Johnson & Johnson's related products were discontinued in the United States and Canada due to consumer lawsuits.

In 2020, Johnson & Johnson decided to stop selling its talc-based baby powder in the United States and Canada after a large-scale evaluation of its own products.

Johnson & Johnson voluntarily recalled 33,000 bottles of its baby powder after U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in the product .

Despite this, Johnson & Johnson remains confident in the safety of its products , insisting that baby powder containing talc does not cause cancer and that the decision to stop selling the product is to "optimize" its product portfolio.

"We firmly stand behind decades of independent scientific analysis by medical experts around the world that confirms that talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer, " Johnson & Johnson said .

It is understood that Johnson & Johnson intends to continue defending its products in court.

In October 2021 , Johnson & Johnson established a subsidiary, LTL Management , to assume relevant litigation responsibilities, and then filed for bankruptcy to resolve the litigation issues through the bankruptcy court .

Before LTL Management filed for Chapter 11 protection, the company faced judgments and settlements totaling $3.5 billion, according to bankruptcy court records, including one case in which 22 women received more than $2 billion in damages.

In April this year , a shareholder proposal to end the global sale of talc-based baby powder failed.

It is reported that Johnson's Baby Powder has been sold since 1894 and has become Johnson & Johnson's flagship product .

A foreign media investigation in 2018 found that Johnson & Johnson knew that there was a small amount of asbestos in its products as early as 1971. Some company executives had raised objections to talcum powder products , but the product continued to be sold.

Asbestos is a strong carcinogen. Once inhaled, it takes several years for cancer to develop. Long-term inhalation of a certain amount of asbestos fibers or metafibers may cause asbestosis, lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma and gastrointestinal cancer.

Johnson & Johnson has now made the business decision to transition to an all-corn starch baby powder portfolio , and baby powder containing talc will be discontinued and discontinued globally in 2023 .

Foreign markets have always had very strict supervision over baby products. When cross-border sellers are planning their products, they must pay attention to carefully evaluating product safety issues.

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