Fewer Warnings But Recalls Rising As US FDA Stems Pandemic Fraud Tide

US regulators’ effectiveness in monitoring the consumer health market for fraudulent COVID-19-related claims or for unsafe products in high demand because of the pandemic could be shown by two measures: warning letters noting the coronavirus have slowed to a drip while recalls continue climbing for products already identified in warnings.

Warnings published on 1 October to two dietary supplement marketers making violative claims for products to prevent or treat COVID-19 infections were the first for the Food and