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Article: Illegal dietary supplements seized.(Updates)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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Following an FDA investigation, U.S. Marshals seized $13,500 worth of two adulterated and misbranded dietary supplements that contained ephedrine alkaloids from a company in western Pennsylvania.
The products seized in February 2005 included specific lots of SciFit Procut and Thermogen II located at ATF Fitness Products Inc. in Oakmont, Pa.
FDA investigators determined that the seized products either contained prohibited ephedrine alkaloids or claimed to contain ephedrine or ephedrine alkaloids but did not. Alkaloids are a class of compounds derived from plants that can have potent pharmacologic effects.
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and ...