FDA recall D-372-2014

Product

Bethel Advance (bitter orange, mulberry leaf, cassia seed extract, jobstear seed, spirulina, starch, kola nut) capsules, 400 mg, 30-count bottles, Distributed by: Bethel, Inc., Tel: (212) 568-5330, UPC 1 60126 41750 9.

Reason for recall

Marketed Without An Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analyses detected the presence of phenolphthalein, N-di-Desmethylsibutramine, and trace amounts of sibutramine and N-Desmethylsibutramine. Sibutramine and phenolphthalein were previously available drug products but were removed from the U.S. market making these products unapproved new drugs.

Distribution

Nationwide, Puerto Rico, and internet sales

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2013-08-05

Report date

2013-12-25

Termination date

2018-05-30

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

New York, NY, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=D-372-2014