2012

A dietary supplement has been recalled because one of the ingredients in the product could contain salmonella. The recall was announced by the Ferndale, Washington-based Botanical Laboratories, and concerns a product called Digestive 3 in 1 Health.  The recalled item is a liquid dietary supplement available in 16 and 33.8 ounce bottles.  Of the former,… read more

Twenty different weight-loss supplements have been found to contain a banned ingredient, and the Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers against using them, according to recent news sources. The drug included in the products is sibutramine, which has been found to increase blood pressure and heart rate, and has also been proven to increase… read more

A recent study showed that many women are still using a weight-loss product called Pai You Guo that was recalled in 2009 because they never heard about the recall, according to news sources. Pai You Guo is a Chinese product that contains sibutramine and phenolphthalein, both of which are banned. The FDA found that sibutramine… read more