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Massive Recall of Homeopathic Kids' Products Spotlights Dubious Health Claims

posted by martyb on Monday August 27 2018, @02:50PM   
from the Phineas-Taylor-Barnum's-Progeny dept.

MrPlow writes in with a submission via IRC for SoyCow1984:

When they're not potentially infectious, they have extraordinary health claims.

The maker of wide-ranging "water-based homeopathic medicines" has recalled 32 products marketed to children and infants due to microbial contamination, according to an announcement posted on the Food and Drug Administration's website this week.

The announcement does not provide any specifics about the contamination or potential risks. However, the North Carolina-based manufacturer behind the recall, King Bio, issued a similar announcement back in July. At that time, the company recalled three other products after an FDA inspection found batches contaminated with the bacteria Pseudomonas brenneri, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Burkholderia multivorans.

Pseudomonas brenneri is a bacterium recently found in natural mineral waters, and its clinical significance is murky. However, Pseudomonas fluorescens is known to be an opportunistic pathogen, causing blood infections, and Burkholderia multivorans can cause infections in people with compromised immune systems and cystic fibrosis. It was also recently found to be a rare but emerging cause of meningitis.

[...] UPDATE 8/24/2018: King Bio updated its website to include a note about the recall. The company wrote that: "Within the past two weeks, microbial contamination was discovered in two children's products, but as an added measure of caution, we chose to recall all the children's products manufactured from August 2015 to August 2018." It added that no injuries or illnesses have been reported to date.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/massive-recall-of-homeopathic-kids-products-spotlights-dubious-health-claims/

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Original Submission

• Re:This is the proper role of the FDA Re:This is the proper role of the FDA (Score: 2, Troll) by jelizondo on Tuesday August 28 2018, @04:39AM (1 child)

  by jelizondo (653) on Tuesday August 28 2018, @04:39AM (#727228) Journal

  Don't be an ass.

  Comes with the territory...

  you're technically right

  A technicality will get you out of jail...

  You may be a lawyer but that doesn't abrogate your responsibility to present the facts and situation fairly.

  I'm not a reporter, pal; I don't have a resposibility to present anything fairly. I present my side of the case, your lawyer presents your side, the jury decides.

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• Re:This is the proper role of the FDA (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Tuesday August 28 2018, @10:42AM

  by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Tuesday August 28 2018, @10:42AM (#727287) Journal

  No, you're not a reporter, but I assume you are still a HUMAN BEING.

  This is NOT a law forum or a courtroom -- so I was talking about abrogating your responsibilities as a rational human being. (But then again, you admitted you are a lawyer, so I guess that should be expected. Though I do have some friends who are both lawyers and rational human beings. It can happen.)

  My goal (and the goal of rational human beings) is to come to a fair and nuanced understanding of the situation. You're trying to win an argument at all costs, regardless of whether it involves misrepresentation or incomplete facts. No one's on trial here.

  All you've told me in this exchange is that I will never trust your opinion (legal or otherwise) on this forum again, because you've just admitted you don't give a crap about presenting things in a fair and truthful manner.

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