Guest guest Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Also: Ginger, Turmeric, Neem Declared " Hazardous " in Thailand After Chemical Companies Try to Protect Pesticide Profits http://www.naturalnews.com/026013.html , Melly Bag <tita_mel wrote: > > Below is an article from Nutraingredients.com warning on two brands of turmeric from California. > Melly >  > Tainted turmeric supplements linked to Scandinavian deaths > By Shane Starling, 23-Mar-2009 > Related topics: Botanicals, Regulation, Phytochemicals, plant extracts > > The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned the UK public to avoid a brand of turmeric food supplements containing a drug called nimesulide after it was linked to two deaths and several liver damage cases in Scandinavia. > > > > The product in question, branded as Fortodol or Leppin Miradin, drew the attention of medical agencies after 11 liver-related adverse event reports in Sweden and a further five in Norway, including the deaths. > > > > Nimesulide is not authorised as a medicine in the UK. > > > > In response, the FSA said in a statement on Friday: “There have been no reports of liver failure or illness linked with these products in the UK. As a precautionary measure, however, these products have been voluntarily withdrawn from sale by the two main importers and recall notices will be placed in the shops selling these supplements.†> > Fortodol and Miradin are usually sold in the UK via the internet as food supplements, often accompanied by unsubstantiated claims to relieve arthritis, muscle pains and headaches. > > > The products are made by a Californian company called Donsbach, which typically exports the products to Sweden before they are shipped throughout Europe. > > One of the Swedish cases involved a fatal liver failure which is under investigation by the Swedish Medical Products Agency. The Norwegian Medical Products Agency is conducting investigations of its own. > > The FSA warning has been backed by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which, as its name suggests, governs medicines in the UK. > > Nimesulide is an anti-inflammatory drug known to cause liver problems. > > “Consumption of products that may contain undeclared and uncontrolled amounts of nimesulide represents a significant risk,†the MHRA said. > > A similar scare in Hungary was given the all-clear by the regulator there after investigations revealed a lack of nimesulide at hazardous levels. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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