Senate Majority Leader Whip Dick Durbin is already getting opposition to his bills to list all dietary supplements and ban Tianeptine and other dangerous products. It comes from the Alexandria, VA-based Alliance for Natural Health USA, representing at least some of the $50 billion supplements industry.
The Alliance says it
Continue Reading Dietary supplements industry wants to bring down Durbin reform bills
World Green Nutrition, Inc is expanding their April 3, 2024 recall to include more lot numbers of the products Green Elv Nutrition brand Elv Control Herbal Supplement 90 capsules and Elv Alipotec brand Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) Net. Wt, 0.3 0z (7g)
Continue Reading Supplement recall expanded over toxic yellow oleander in products
The FDA has been investigating certain supplements since September and has found some tejocote root products to be substituted with toxic yellow oleander, which can cause serious reactions and death.
Most of the products are sold online. As of April 4, the Food and Drug Administration had received reports of
Continue Reading FDA issues warning about toxic yellow oleander in tejocote root products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about certain tejocote root supplements substituted with toxic yellow oleander.
FDA analysis has determined that certain dietary supplements labeled as tejocote (Crataegus mexicana) root because they were tested and found to be substituted with yellow oleander (Cascabela
Continue Reading FDA issues warning about certain supplements with toxic yellow oleander
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the links to view the full
Continue Reading FDA issues alerts for candy pacifiers, seafood, mushrooms, supplements
Editor’s note: Blissful Remedies is the latest brand of kratom products recalled.
Users of kratom supplements are putting themselves at risk for Salmonella infections from a product that has no nutritional or medical benefits.
After a months-long investigation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reached that conclusion, which FDA
Continue Reading FDA commissioner says kratom not worth the Salmonella risk
A Chicago business whose supplement products have been recalled for expensive lead and linked to several illnesses and possibly two deaths of children is again recalling products because of excess lead content.
Ton Shen Health is recalling its Life Rising brand “Side Head Regulator TT”
tablets because of excessive lead,
Continue Reading Firm again recalls supplements for excess lead levels; kids sick
Local, state and federal officials are investigating Ton Shen Health in relation to elevated lead levels in children and two deaths that occurred after people took a Life Rising brand dietary supplement. The Chicago-based Ton Shen Health company recalled one lot of Life Rising brand “DHZC-2” tablets on Aug. 11
Continue Reading Life Rising tablets suspected in elevated lead cases, 2 deaths
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.
Continue Reading Feds Announce ‘Nationwide Sweep’ of Supplement Makers
Mounting pressure on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to do something about beta-methylphenethylamine, or BMPEA, being widely used in weight loss and energy supplements may have helped spark the agency to recently issue warning letters to several companies demanding that the “super caffeine” products be pulled from the
Continue Reading FDA Warning Letters: Companies Told to Stop Distributing Supplements Containing BMPEA
