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Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. to Voluntarily Recall a Single Lot of Johnson’s Baby Powder in the United States

Published 18 October 2019

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Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. to Voluntarily Recall a Single Lot of Johnson’s Baby Powder in the United States

Summary

Company Announcement Date: October 18, 2019
FDA Publish Date: October 18, 2019
Product Type: Cosmetics
Reason for Announcement: Presence of asbestos
Company Name: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
Brand Name: Johnson’s
Product Description: Baby Powder

Company Announcement

Out of an abundance of caution, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (JJCI) announced that it is initiating a voluntary recall in the United States of a single lot of its Johnson’s Baby Powder in response to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) test indicating the presence of sub-trace levels of chrysotile asbestos contamination (no greater than 0.00002%) in samples from a single bottle purchased from an online retailer. Despite the low levels reported and in full cooperation and collaboration with the FDA, JJCI is initiating this voluntary recall of Lot #22318RB of Johnson’s Baby Powder, from which the tested sample was taken.

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Trump Threatens Anguilla With “Thermonuclear Liquidation”

Published 15 October 2019

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Trump Threatens Anguilla With “Thermonuclear Liquidation”

Paul Street

The Leek

August 23^rd, 2019

10:37 AM

Chicago, IL – In a Tweet that took the world by surprise this morning, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the tiny 90% Black Caribbean island of Anguilla, a British overseas territory, with “thermonuclear liquidation the likes of which it has never before experienced.”

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ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TO MARK ILO CENTENARY NEXT WEEK

Published 8 October 2019

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ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TO MARK ILO CENTENARY NEXT WEEK

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 08, 2019 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis will celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the establishment of the International Labour Organization (ILO) with several activities next week.

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Caribbeans In Fashion Press Release

Published 14 September 2019

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NEW YORK, NY, September 6, 2019 – JLC PRODUCTIONS has partnered with MIST Harlem to host the CAFE – Caribbean American Fashion Exchange™ Reception at NYFW, the Caribbeans In Fashion Meet&Greet on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at MIST Harlem – 46 West 116^thStreet, Harlem.

Caribbeans In Fashion Meet&Greet is the definitive reception that recognizes and acknowledges the Caribbean presence in the fashion industry where featured attendees are formally introduced to those present. For Spring/Summer 2020, the focus will be on fashion designers and guests should expect to view the works of several including Milagros Batista (Dominican Republic), Glenroy March (Jamaica), and Steven Daniel and Mel Simon (Trinidad and Tobago), along with the introduction of two young designers from St. Kitts and Nevis – Mikaya Collins and Shafeyah Guishard.

The evening also serves as a fundraiser for the CAFE – Caribbean American Fashion Exchange™ Scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). The CAFE™ Scholarship is to be awarded to Caribbean students who live in the Caribbean, to attend the prestigious fashion industry institution and will be awarded to two students at a time. According to Janice Lawrence-Clarke, Creative Director at JLC PRoductions and Founder of the Caribbean American Fashion Exchange™, “The CAFE™ Scholarship will be awarded to two deserving students at a time so that together they could support each other as they enter the fashion industry, positioning their island countries in the Caribbean region and in the global market.

Tickets for Caribbeans In Fashion Meet&Greet can be purchased online via Eventbrite by following this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/caribbeans-in-fashion-meetgreet-nyfw-springsummer-2020-tickets-71467670727

The CAFE™ Scholarship fund is open to receiving contributions which may be made directly to FIT at www.fitnyc.edu/alumni/giving. Designation CAFE. For more information call 212 217 4100.

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