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Shuttered US Supplement Firm Meets Recall Deadline, But Schumer Says FDA Late Cleaning Up Industry

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

While contract manufacturer ABH Nature' complied with consent decree, Sen. Chuck Schumer says FDA is late in enforcing against noncompliant firms across the supplement sector. Other recent consumer health recalls include more OTC ranitidine tablets due to the potential carcinogen NDMA found in the heartburn ingredient and four versions of Sure 48HR Anti-Perspirant & Deodorant with labeling errors.

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ABH Nature’s Products Inc. met the 15 business-day deadline to recall all its dietary supplement products under a consent decree that came 10 years after the US Food and Administration initially found quality-control problems at its facility.

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