Supplements seized
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Federal investigators seized more than $1 million in strength-training supplements from LG Sciences in Brighton, Mich., on April 2 after the firm failed to respond to FDA's warnings about the use of adulterated ingredients in the products, the agency says. FDA asked the U.S. Marshalls Service and the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan to seize the Methyl 1-D, Methyl 1-D XL and Formadrol Extreme XL products from LG Sciences, according to an April 4 release. The firm's products, which were cited in a March 2006 warning letter from the agency, allegedly contain one or more unapproved food additives or new dietary ingredients that lack adequate evidence to show they are safe, FDA says. LG Sciences legal representative, Ronald Berry, said the products' ingredients are "perfectly" compliant with the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. Berry added the products' seizure "makes no determination of liability or the correction of [FDA's] allegations"....