The FDA warned consumers not to buy or use Sliming Diet after laboratory analysis found it contains sibutramine, a controlled substance pulled from the market in 2010 that can raise blood pressure and pulse and interact dangerously with other medicines.
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Toxin Discharged Tea Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient
FDA laboratory analysis found the weight-loss product contains fluoxetine, an SSRI. The agency warns consumers not to buy or use it, noting SSRIs carry risks of suicidal thinking, abnormal bleeding and seizures, and can trigger ventricular arrhythmia or sudden death with some medications.
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Sport Burner Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient
FDA analysis found that Sport Burner, a weight loss product sold online and possibly in stores, contains fluoxetine, an SSRI whose use has been tied to suicidal thinking, abnormal bleeding and seizures. The agency advises consumers not to buy or use it.
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Miraculous Evil Root Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient
FDA laboratory analysis found that Miraculous Evil Root, sold online and possibly in stores for sexual enhancement, contains sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. The agency warns the undeclared drug can interact with nitrates and dangerously lower blood pressure.
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Gold Vigra Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient
FDA laboratory analysis found the sexual-enhancement product Gold Vigra contains undeclared sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, which can interact with nitrates and lower blood pressure dangerously. The agency tells consumers to stop using it and throw it away.
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Vita Food Products Issues Voluntary Recall of 4oz Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Salmon Due to Possible Health Risk
Vita Food Products of Chicago is recalling 1,878 pounds of 4-ounce Vita Classic sliced smoked Atlantic salmon after Florida agriculture officials found Listeria monocytogenes in one package. The lot went to Hannaford, H-E-B and Publix stores; no illnesses reported.
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Domega NY International Co Ltd Issues Allergy Alert On Undeclared Peanuts And Milk In Gong Xifacai Gift Chocolates
Domega NY International of Brooklyn is recalling Gong xiFacai gift chocolates after New York State inspectors and lab analysis found undeclared peanuts and milk. The 238-gram trays sold in New York City; no illnesses have been reported.
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Leading Natural and Organic Retailers Align to Support Colorado Right to Know GMO Labeling Ballot Initiative
Natural Grocers, Whole Foods Market and Alfalfa's Market are hosting signature gatherers in Colorado stores for Initiative #48, which would require labeling of GMO foods. The campaign needs 86,105 signatures for the fall ballot and is nearing the halfway mark.
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Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Egg in Wegmans Cinnamon Raisin Buns, 12 oz.
Wegmans is recalling about 1,315 packages of 12-ounce Cinnamon Raisin Buns after an employee reported the finished product may have been sprayed with raw egg, leaving egg undeclared and raising a pathogen risk. No illnesses have been reported.
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Kibow Biotech -- A "Buzz of BIO" Award Winner Presenting Investment/Business Opportunity on Emerging Field of "Gut Microbiome" with Probiotics and Prebiotics
Kibow Biotech of Newtown Square, Pa. won a 2014 BIO International Convention Buzz of BIO award, the first dietary supplement company to do so. Co-founder Natarajan Ranganathan says research on balancing the gut microbiome with probiotics is finally gaining recognition.
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Smith's Country Cheese, Inc. Voluntarily RECALLS Waxed Gouda Wheels BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK
Smith's Country Cheese of Winchendon, Massachusetts is recalling 21 wheels of waxed Gouda after routine FDA sampling found Listeria monocytogenes in finished product. The wheels, labeled Smith's Farmstead Gouda and Mountain Gouda with julian date 4037, went to Massachusetts distributors.
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Devil’s Food Cakes Topped With Undeclared Pecans Recalled
Schnucks Bakery recalled Devil's Food Cakes decorated with pecans after a label review found the allergen was not declared, even though the nuts sat visibly on top. The cakes sold in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin; no illnesses were reported.
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Illinois Firm Recalls Turkey Base Product Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen
Vanee Foods of Broadview, Ill., is recalling about 3,156 pounds of turkey base packed in tubs labeled as chicken base, leaving the milk it contains undeclared. A customer spotted the mismatch, and FSIS says no adverse reactions have been reported.
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Allergy Alert On Milk Products And Cream
Fish Family Farm of Bolton, Connecticut is recalling milk and cream with a sell-by date of 6/23/14 as a precaution, because they may be adulterated with peanut and pistachio allergens. The dairy sold them at its own store and at retailers in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Book news: Quick Food vs. Fast Food
Cedar Fort promotes Shauna Evans's 30-Minute Meals for Families, a cookbook of more than 90 nutritionally balanced breakfasts, salads, sandwiches, soups, casseroles, pastas and main dishes that each take 30 minutes or less to prepare.
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La Finquita Cheese Issues An Allergy Alert Due To Potential Peanut And Tree Nut Contamination In Fresh Farmers Cheese
La Finquita of Stamford, Conn., is recalling one lot of Quesito Fresco Campesino fresh farmer's cheese after its milk supplier warned the milk may contain peanuts and pistachios. It was sold in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York; no illnesses have been reported.
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Missouri Firm Recalls Ribeye and Carcass Products That May Contain Specified Risk Materials
Fruitland American Meat of Jackson, Missouri is recalling about 4,012 pounds of ribeye and carcass beef because dorsal root ganglia may not have been fully removed, as rules require for cattle 30 months and older. Product went to restaurants and a Whole Foods center.
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Voluntary Product Recall: Wegmans Bagged Ice Due to Possible Metal Fragments
Wegmans is recalling about 6,000 bags of its 7 lb and 18 lb ice sold in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland between January 1 and June 10, because a broken machine part may have left metal pieces in the ice. No injuries have been reported.
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