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Article: Utah Companies Deluged with Demand for Ephedra.
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- January 11, 2004
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By Lesley Mitchell, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 11--Utah companies are straining to meet demand from customers stockpiling diet pills containing ephedrine in the weeks following the federal government's announcement it will outlaw sales of the controversial supplement early this year.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Dec. 30 warned consumers to immediately stop taking any dietary supplement containing ephedrine -- also known as ephedra or Ma huang -- and told the three Utah companies that manufacture the supplements they must stop production within 60 days after the ban is officially put in place.
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