Kava abroad
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Health Canada is "requiring Canadian manufacturers, distributors and importers to stop the sale of kava-containing products" and requests these products be recalled from "all levels of the market," according to an 1Aug. 21 advisory. Announcement follows safety assessment of worldwide reports of liver toxicity associated with herbal (2"The Tan Sheet" Jan. 21, 2002, In Brief). Separately, Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration initiated a voluntary kava recall Aug. 15 following the death of an Australian woman who took the herbal, likely with other botanicals, for four months...