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FDA issues alerts for candy pacifiers, seafood, mushrooms, supplements

By News Desk on September 26, 2019

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…
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FDA commissioner says kratom not worth the Salmonella risk

By News Desk on July 3, 2018

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…
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Firm again recalls supplements for excess lead levels; kids sick

By Coral Beach on November 9, 2016

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.

recalled Ton Shen HEalth supplementsTon Shen Health…
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Life Rising tablets suspected in elevated lead cases, 2 deaths

By Coral Beach on August 30, 2016

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 …
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Feds Announce ‘Nationwide Sweep’ of Supplement Makers

By Dan Flynn on November 17, 2015

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 …
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FDA Warning Letters: Companies Told to Stop Distributing Supplements Containing BMPEA

By News Desk on April 27, 2015

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…
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Phony Health Claims About Cactus Juice Result in $3.5-Million FTC Settlement

By News Desk on July 16, 2014

TriVita Inc. of Scottsdale, AZ, will refund $3.5 million to consumers for marketing its cactus juice as a cure-all for pain, inflammation, and respiratory and skin problems. All those health claims are unfounded, according to…
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Letter From the Editor: Time for Supplements

By Dan Flynn on January 12, 2014

When Food Safety News began, back in the wee hours of the Obama administration, our plan was to plow deep in the fields that directly involved food safety, but to consciously avoid distractions into other…
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Scientists Find Meth-Like Chemical in 'Craze' Bodybuilding Supplement

By News Desk on October 15, 2013

Late Monday, you could still buy the body-building diet supplement Craze online from Amazon in candy grape, berry lemonade and piña colada flavors, but it was “currently unavailable” at Driven Sports, Inc., the company that…
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Court Rulings Halt Production at Food Supplement Companies

By Andy Frame on October 26, 2012

FDA announced this week that two food supplement companies have recently halted production in response to claims and court orders. Truman J. Berst, doing business as Alternative Health and Herbs Remedies, was ordered on Sept.…
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Salmonella In the Mix Brings Recall of Dietary Supplements

By Dan Flynn on July 10, 2012

Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) is a “highly pure food grade powder derived from milk lactose” with uses including being an ingredient in dietary supplements for kids. Since as early as May 10, 2012,  Westchester, IL-based Corn Products…
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