Item 2. PROPERTIES
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Item 2. PROPERTIES
The Company's subsidiaries operate 111 manufacturing facilities occupying approximately 20.5 million square feet of floor space. The manufacturing facilities are used by the industry segments of the Company’s business approximately as follows:
| Segment | Square Feet (in thousands) | ||
| Consumer | 6,503 | ||
| Pharmaceutical | 6,819 | ||
| Medical Devices | 7,183 | ||
| Worldwide Total | 20,505 |
Within the U.S., five facilities are used by the Consumer segment, five by the Pharmaceutical segment and 27 by the Medical Devices segment. Outside of the U.S., 25 facilities are used by the Consumer segment, 14 by the Pharmaceutical segment and 35 by the Medical Devices segment.
The locations of the manufacturing facilities by major geographic areas of the world are as follows:
| Geographic Area | Number of Facilities | Square Feet (in thousands) | ||||
| United States | 37 | 5,855 | ||||
| Europe | 34 | 7,587 | ||||
| Western Hemisphere, excluding U.S. | 12 | 2,800 | ||||
| Africa, Asia and Pacific | 28 | 4,263 | ||||
| Worldwide Total | 111 | 20,505 |
In addition to the manufacturing facilities discussed above, the Company maintains numerous office and warehouse facilities throughout the world. Research facilities are also discussed in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition” of this Report.
The Company's subsidiaries generally seek to own, rather than lease, their manufacturing facilities, although some, principally in non-U.S. locations, are leased. Office and warehouse facilities are often leased. The Company also engages contract manufacturers.
The Company is committed to maintaining all of its properties in good operating condition.
McNEIL-PPC, Inc. (now Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.) (McNEIL-PPC) continues to operate under a consent decree, signed in 2011 with the FDA, which governs certain McNeil Consumer Healthcare manufacturing operations, and requires McNEIL-PPC to remediate the facilities it operates in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and Las Piedras, Puerto Rico (the "Consent Decree"). Following FDA inspections in 2015, McNEIL-PPC received notifications from the FDA that all three manufacturing facilities are in conformity with applicable laws and regulations, and commercial production has restarted.
Under the Consent Decree, after receiving notice from the FDA of being in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, each of the three facilities is subject to a five-year audit period by a third-party cGMP expert. Thus, a third-party expert will continue to reassess the sites at various times until at least 2020.
For information regarding lease obligations, see Note 16 “Rental Expense and Lease Commitments” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Report. Segment information on additions to property, plant and equipment is contained in Note 18 “Segments of Business and Geographic Areas” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Report.
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