Drug recall

Bethel Advance (bitter orange, mulberry leaf, cassia seed extract, jobstear seed, spirulina, starch, kola nut)…

FDA recall event 65894 · Class I · Bethel Nutritional Consulting, Inc

Key facts

Event ID 65894
Recall numbers D-371-2014, D-372-2014
Recalling firm Bethel Nutritional Consulting, Inc
Product type Drugs
Products 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…, Quick Thin (citrus aurantium extract, sweet potato fiber, cyamopsis gum powder, alfalfa, mulberry leaf, guarana, spirulina) capsules, 400 mg, 30-count bottle, Distributed by: Bethel, Inc., Tel: (212)…
Classification Class I
Status Terminated
Voluntary or mandated Firm Initiated
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…, Marketed Without An Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analysis detected the presence of sibutramine, N-Desmethylsibutramine and phenolphthalein. Sibutramine and phenolphthalein were previously available drug…
Initiation date Aug 5, 2013
Report date Dec 25, 2013
Termination date May 30, 2018
City New York
State NY
Country United States
FEI number 3010099772

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  • 1–9 Products in this recall
  • 1–9 FDA inspections of this firm (FEI)

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