|
|
Article: US FDA: FDA warns about products containing gamma butyrolactone and asks companies to issue a recall.
- Article from:
- M2 Presswire
- Article date:
- January 22, 1999
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 Normans Media Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 January 1999-US FDA: FDA warns about products containing gamma butyrolactone or GBL and asks companies to issue a recall (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
RDATE:210199
The Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers not to purchase or consume products, some of which are labeled as dietary supplements, that contain gamma butyrolactone (abbreviated as GBL). FDA has also asked the companies that manufacture these products to voluntarily recall them. The agency has received reports of serious health problems -- some that are potentially life-threatening -- associated with the use of these products.
Although labeled as dietary ...