The FDA and CDC have been investigating supplements that have tested positive for poisonous yellow oleander.

As of Nov. 3, the Food and Drug Administration has identified 26 products with the substance, which is sometimes identified as tejocote root, Crataegus mexicana, Raiz de Tejocote, and Mexican Hawthorn. Recalls have been

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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

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