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Last Updated: Jun 30, 2008 - 11:14:37 AM |
SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) -- U.S Marshals on Wednesday seized more than $1.3 million worth of dietary supplements from LG Science LLC of Brighton, Michigan at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, the FDA announced April 4.
The seizure was ordered because, according to the FDA, the products contain unapproved food additives and or new dietary ingredients that cause the products to violate the law. The agency did not give details on the additives or new ingredients though.
The dietary supplements confiscated by the Marshalls including Methyl 1-D, Methyl 1-D XL and Formadrol Extreme XL were marketed, distributed and sold for use by body builders, the FDA said in a statement released on its website.
The FDA said there is inadequate information to provide reasonable assurance that the ingredients or unapproved food additives and or ingredients do not present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury.
The agency said it had not received scientific information on the safety of the seized products and could not determine whether they represented a hazard to consumers.
The regulatory action seemed to be a surprise because unlike drugs, the burden to demonstrate that a dietary supplement is unsafe is on the regulatory agency and the US agency may only intervene when it has reasons or evidence to believe use of such a supplement pose a risk to consumers, a health observer commented.
Earlier on March 2006, the FDA warned Legal Gear (the predecessor of LG Sciences) to stop distribution of a different product that was marketed as a dietary supplement but actually contained synthetic steroids.
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