Seven federal agencies, led by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), have announced joint civil and criminal actions against more than 100 makers and marketers of potentially dangerous dietary supplements, which one official compared to modern-day versions of “snake oil salesman and medical quacks.” The agencies went public Tuesday, Nov.
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FDA Exercised FSMA Recall Authority for OxyElite Pro Dietary Supplements
In fiscal year 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) exercised its recall authority granted by the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) for the second time. 
FDA published its second annual report to Congress this past week on the use of mandatory recall authority, stating that it had
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Article: Supplements Need Review Before They Can Do Damage, Not Afterward
Nearly 100 severe hepatitis and liver failure illnesses — nearly half requiring hospitalization, including three transplants and one death — are raising new questions about the nation’s $32-billion-a-year supplements industry. This comes only three months after the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine found that all those vitamin and mineral supplements
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Hawaii Resident Sues Supplement Maker Over Liver Damage
A Hawaii resident filed a personal injury lawsuit on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Honolulu against the manufacturer/distributor and a retailer of OxyElite Pro tablets. Everine Van Houten sued Texas-based USPlabs, LLC, the manufacturer and distributor of the dietary supplement, and GNC Holdings, Inc. (GNC), global retailer of the
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OxyElite Pro Recall Expands to Include Raspberry Lemonade Powder
USPLabs has expanded its recall of OxyElite Pro, the dietary supplement linked to recent severe cases of hepatitis, to include Raspberry Lemonade OxyELITE Pro Super Thermo Powder. The company originally recalled certain shipments that appeared to be associated with one reported death and at least 56 illnesses among customers using
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OxyElite Pro Recalled as More Hepatitis Cases Surface
The company that makes OxyElite Pro, the dietary supplement linked to recent severe cases of hepatitis, has finally recalled certain shipments that appear to be associated with one reported death and at least 56 illnesses among customers using the product. The company, USPLabs, had previously stopped shipments of the weight-loss
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Dietary Supplement Linked to Hepatitis, Liver Failure
A number of previously healthy individuals have recently developed acute hepatitis and sudden liver failure after using OxyELITE Pro, a dietary supplement meant for weight loss or muscle building, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One patient has died in connection with the issue. Sonnette
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