Artifact

Johnson's Baby Powder

Talc-based body powder first sold by Johnson & Johnson in 1894.

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Kenvue Aug 2023 According to Johnson & Johnson Self-published 1
J&J's statement: the Johnson's Baby brand went to Kenvue at the separation; Kenvue kept the talc liability outside the United States and Canada. J&J stopped selling talc baby powder in the U.S. in 2020, Reuters reports.

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The facts on talcum powder safety (factsabouttalc.com), Johnson & Johnson. Self-published
Consumer brands including Tylenol, Band-Aid Brand Adhesive Bandages and Johnson’s Baby are owned by Kenvue Inc., which has been an independent publicly traded company since August 2023.
As a part of that separation, Kenvue retained the responsibility and any purported liability for talc related litigation outside of the United States and Canada.
In re LTL Management, LLC, Nos. 22-2003 and others, opinion of the Third Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 30 Jan 2023. Primary record
So since 1979 only Old Consumer and its predecessors, and not J&J, have directly sold Johnson’s Baby Powder.
Ingham v. Johnson & Johnson, No. ED107476, opinion of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, 23 Jun 2020. Primary record Archived copy
JJCI manufactures and sells products containing talcum powder (“talc”), a mineral used in cosmetics, across the United States.

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