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Article: Metabolife probe may chill diet pill industry.(Brief Article)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- August 26, 2002
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A federal Justice Department investigation into whether Metabolife International, the nation's leading seller of ephedra products, lied about the safety of its dietary supplement could have a chilling effect on the industry, according to an industry expert.
In an Aug. 15 statement, Food and Drug Administration Deputy Commissioner Dr. Lester Crawford said the agency had asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether Metabolife "made false statements regarding the existence of adverse event reports" -- that is, reports about unfavorable impacts on consumers' health.
Lester said the FDA had been unsuccessful for years in trying to obtain adverse ...