In Brief: America's Best Nutrition warning letter
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
America's Best Nutrition warning letter: Trim-Phen name and label statements that the dietary supplement is an "all natural `alternative'" to the prescription obesity drug phentermine render the product an unapproved new drug, FDA tells the Destin, Fla.-based company Dec. 24. The agency also cites the "lack of any evidence that these products are generally recognized as safe and effective for the treatment of obesity." FDA issued a "Talk Paper" in November declaring "herbal phen-fen" products to be unapproved new drugs ("The Tan Sheet" Nov. 10, 1997, p. 3)...