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PECO Addresses Pallet Accusations
- 2/5/2010PECO Pallet, Inc., issues the following statement regarding the recent Tylenol recall and the safety of PECO’s pallets. As you are aware, the recall by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, of Tylenol and other products was initiated voluntarily in November 2009 and extended during the following two months.
Published reports have indicated that consumers reported an unusual moldy, musty or mildew-like odor that was associated with a variety of temporary stomach problems. The odor and the associated health concerns are attributed to trace elements of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA). TBA was discovered in drugs manufactured at a plant in Puerto Rico. Although no definitive cause has been determined, one possible source of contamination examined was packaging materials shipped to the plant on white wood pallets by a supplier in the Dominican Republic.
TBA can result from the breakdown of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TBP), which is applied in some parts of the World as a fungicide to wood used to build wood pallets. However, TBP is not used in the U.S.A., and has not been legal for use or sale in the U.S.A. for some 15 years. TBP is not related to methyl bromine, which is sometimes used in America to treat pallets.
As a pallet supplier, PECO Pallet places great emphasis on ensuring that it maintains the quality, safety and integrity of our pallets. We have studied the facts relating to the Tylenol recall, and have reviewed our pallet manufacture, inspection and repair processes in light of those facts. We can completely assure the public that TBA is not and has never been used for the treatment of PECO’s pallets or repair lumber. And because our customers are solely in the grocery industry, we do not have any customers that handle hazardous material or chemicals.
Read more at www.pecopallet.com
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