At a 2009 FDA advisory-panel meeting, members voted 36-1 to recommend that children's acetaminophen products be made in a single concentration, but the FDA never made that requirement mandatory.
Notes on verification
Vote count corroborated by contemporaneous WebMD coverage, CHPA industry briefing book, and FDA documentation. The lack of mandatory action is confirmed by ProPublica reporting and FDA's own guidance language regarding non-binding recommendations. [tier=gold indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Dose of Confusion (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/acetaminophen-safety-faq (corroboration)
- https://www.chpa.org/sites/default/files/media/docs/2020-10/Briefing-Book-Pediatric-Acetaminophen-05172011.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www.fda.gov/files/drugs/published/Over-the-Counter-Pediatric-Oral-Liquid-Drug-Products-Containing-Acetaminophen.pdf (corroboration)