ROBERT KNIFFEN, J&J-McNEIL SPOKESPERSON
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
October 1, 1982, Friday
Robert Kniffen, a spokesman for McNeil, said the company had been notified that two bottles "have been tampered with and cyanide poison added to some of the capsules."
Kniffen said no product from lot MC2880 should be bought or consumed until further notice, adding that the company has no evidence any other product was contaminated.
He said the recalled lot consisted of 93,400 bottles containing 50 capsules each and that they had been distributed in August in all states east of the Mississippi, including Upstate New York, as well as in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and in part of Wyoming.
Two large drug chains, Jewel Food-Osco Drugs and Walgreens, announced an immediate halt in sales of the product in their Midwest stores. State officials said they would decide later in the day whether to order Extra-Strength Tylenol off store shelves.