September 24, 2009 – Do you have a bottle of Tylenol on your shelf? If so, you might want to check the label. Johnson & Johnson is recalling nearly two dozen varieties of infants’ and children’s liquid Tylenol products due to a potential bacterial contamination.

A full list of the 21 products and their lot numbers can be viewed here. To see if your bottle of Tylenol is affected, check the lot number on the sticker that’s placed on the product’s bottle.

The products that are being recalled were made between April and June of this year, so if you recently purchased a bottle of Tylenol, definitely make sure to see if your bottle has been recalled.  Johnson & Johnson has contacted wholesalers and retailers about pulling the affected Tylenol products from their shelves. The company reported that an inactive ingredient in the Tylenol failed to meet internal testing requirements, and B. cepacia bacteria was detected in a portion of material that went unused from the finished product.

Among other varieties, the recalled products include:

-Children’s Tylenol Suspension 4 oz. Grape

-Infants’ Tylenol Grape Suspension Drops 1/4 oz

-Children’s Tylenol Plus Cold/Allergy 4 oz. Bubble Gum

Although there’s only a small chance that that bacteria has made its way into your Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson is taking no chances and has recalled the products after a consultation with the Food and Drug Administration.

“It was decided, as a precaution, to recall all product that utilized any of the raw material manufactured at the same time as the raw material that tested positive for the bacteria,” the company said.

If you have any questions about the Tylenol recall, call the Johnson & Johnson McNeil consumer call center at 1-800-962-5357. The Food and Drug Administration’s website keeps an up-to-date list of all the consumer products that pose a health risk, so be sure to check it out and see if any of the products in your home pose a health risk!