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FDA Orders Mandatory Recall of Triangle Pharmanaturals Kratom Products

posted by martyb on Wednesday April 04 2018, @04:47PM   
from the B-b-b-but-the-Salmonella-is-natural,-too! dept.

takyon writes:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its first-ever mandatory recall for kratom-containing "food products", because the company selling them did not comply with the agency's request for a voluntary recall:

FDA orders kratom product recall over Salmonella; first such mandatory move in history

Federal drug regulators issued their first-ever mandatory recall Tuesday to a company selling several products containing the herbal supplement kratom and contaminated with Salmonella.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it issued the order because Triangle Pharmanaturals of Las Vegas refused to cooperate.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last month that the kratom Salmonella outbreak was linked to 11 hospitalizations among 28 people who caught the strain.

The FDA is advising consumers to discard the products that are part of the mandatory recall, which it says include, but isn't limited to: Raw Form Organics Maeng Da Kratom Emerald Green, Raw Form Organics Maeng Da Kratom Ivory White, and Raw Form Organics Maeng Da Kratom Ruby Red. The company, which promotes itself as a consulting firm, may "manufacture, process, pack and/or hold additional brands of food products containing powdered kratom, FDA says.

Related:
FDA Blocks More Imports of Kratom, Warns Against Use as a Treatment for Opioid Withdrawal
FDA Labels Kratom an Opioid
CDC Warns of Salmonella Infections Linked to Kratom

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• Voluntary, until it's mandatory Voluntary, until it's mandatory (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Wednesday April 04 2018, @05:48PM (2 children)

  by Osamabobama (5842) on Wednesday April 04 2018, @05:48PM (#662566)

  "It’s shocking the company didn’t cooperate with the FDA’s recall request – if the FDA requests a recall, the company should do it," says Katie Wowak, assistant professor of management in the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. "The tangible and intangible repercussions of being forced to issue a mandatory recall could have a devastating long-term impact on the company that may be difficult (if not impossible) to recover from."

  I imagine that a voluntary recall request comes with a lot less paperwork, making it desirable for the FDA staff. Once that proves ineffective, the FDA will have to do more paperwork, perhaps leading them to ensure there is 'a devastating long-term impact,' in order to discourage others.

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• Re:Voluntary, until it's mandatory (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04 2018, @05:51PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04 2018, @05:51PM (#662567)

  I tried to go to the triangle pharmnaturals website, and I got some sort of non-eulclidian angle supported browser error. so much for triangles

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• Re:Voluntary, until it's mandatory (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04 2018, @09:22PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04 2018, @09:22PM (#662639)

  Thanks Osama!

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