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Excellent Reporting from the NYTBlog: A group of attorneys general is expected to announce on Tuesday that they are forming a coalition to crack down on fraud and quality control issues in the herbal supplement industry. The coalition would signal a shift in the way law enforcement agencies ensure the safety of herbal supplements, a […]
February 23, 2015
Wyked Labs of Winter Park, Florida is voluntarily conducting a nationwide recall of all lot codes of the following products (collectively, the “Recalled Products”) to the user/consumer level. This recall is being conducted due to the presence of ingredients that the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has stated do not meet the requirements of the […]
February 23, 2015
Good read from the New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/dna-barcoding-new-york-dietary-supplement
February 23, 2015
he Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Yanhee Slim, a product promoted and sold for weight loss on various websites. FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Yanhee Slim contains lorcaserin, a controlled substance and the active ingredient in the FDA-approved prescription drug Belviq®, used for chronic weight management in […]
January 21, 2015
Dietary supplements are one of the most widely consumed products in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health, making it of the utmost importance the products are safe enough to consume. A Los Angeles pharmaceutical manufacturer broke its promise to deliver a safe product, however, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
August 29, 2014
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ($TEVA), whose manufacturing operation is being significantly pared down, is recalling one lot of its generic Parkinson’s combo drug carbidopa/levodopa because it may have too much active pharmaceutical ingredient. The drugmaker said the Class II recall involved 3,881 bottles of carbidopa/levodopa 25 mg/100 mg. Teva said that stability testing found that the […]
August 29, 2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about dietary supplements that falsely claim to prevent or cure concussions or other traumatic brain injuries. The FDA says supplements with labels that make these claims are not backed up by scientific evidence, and in a consumer alert issued Monday it urged users to beware. It’s […]
August 17, 2014
July 11, 2014 – July 11, 2014- White & Blue Lion, Inc. in the City of Industry, CA is recalling all lots of tattoo Inks and tattoo needles due to pathogenic bacterial contamination. Use of these products may cause bacterial infection and can lead to sepsis, a potentially life-threatening complication of an infection. The recall […]
August 17, 2014
New England Greens of Canaan, Connecticut announced a recall of specific lots of Green Vibrance and one lot of Rainbow Vibrance. Due to a miscommunication, the list of lot numbers identified in the recall notice was not a complete and accurate list. The company is now revising the recall notice with an updated list of […]
August 17, 2014
Regeneca Worldwide a division of VivaCeuticals, Inc. Las Vegas, NV is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of its RegeneSlim appetite control dietary supplement from lot # EX0616R15814 and lot #11414RE5516 because FDA analysis confirmed the presence of DMAA. DMAA is also known as 1,3-dimethylamylamine, methylhexanamine, or geranium extract. DMAA is commonly used as a stimulant, […]
August 17, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use O.M.G., a product promoted and sold for sexual enhancement on various websites, including www.sears.com , and possibly in retail stores. FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that O.M.G. contains sildenafil, the active ingredient in the FDA-approved prescription drug Viagra, used to treat erectile […]
August 17, 2014
News of a , published in the August issue of Health Affairs, that examined the records of drugs approved before and after the passage of the Prescription User Drug Fee Act (PUDFA), a 1992 law that sped up the drug approval process using fees collected from pharmaceutical companies. Researchers found that the rate of warning […]
May 29, 2014
A USDCT Judge in Georgia has imposed a $40 million sanctions against Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Hi-Tech”), Jared Wheat, Sean Smith, and Dr. Terrell Mark Wright. The sanction arose from the defendants’ failure to comply with orders obtained by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requiring that they cease making unsubstantiated claims about their products and […]
May 29, 2014
May 28, 2014 (Revised from May 5, 2014) Press Release – Eugene Oregon, Inc. of Levittown, Pennsylvania is voluntarily expanding its recall. This recall is a revised version of the recall issued on May 5, 2014 and is revised to reflect the recall of ALL LOTS of the recalled products. Misinformation about the Black Ant […]
May 23, 2014
La Mirada, CA, Nano Well-being Health Inc. is voluntarily recalling lot L1P1-6100/Expiration date June 25, 2016 and lot L1P2-6000/Expiration date September 16, 2016 of Super Arthgold, 500 mg capsules to the consumer level. FDA laboratory analysis has found the product to contain chlorzoxazone, diclofenac and indomethacin, making it an unapproved new drug. To date, no […]
The Dietary Supplement Reporter 
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