Aristolochic acid recall
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Vital Nutrients Joint Ease and Verified Quality Joint Comfort Complex voluntarily recalled due to contamination with clematis chinensis extract, which contains aristolochic acid, Vital Nutrients announces May 21. Products were distributed via direct delivery, retail stores, naturopathic physicians in 18 states. Middletown, Conn.-based firm initiated recall after independent lab found traces of aristolochic acid in supplements. Aristolochic acid has been associated with deaths in U.S. and abroad due to kidney failure; FDA imposed an import alert on the herbal last year
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