Plantain/digitalis
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
KW Botanicals completes recall of eight botanical products due to the possibility of contamination with digitalis glycosides. The company was alerted to the contamination in a letter from FDA. The recall is one of a number undertaken during 1997 by manufacturers of plantain-containing products that may have purchased plantain sourced from a mislabeled, overseas bulk shipment contaminated with Digitalis linatis ("The Tan Sheet" Nov. 3, 1997, p. 15). FDA indicates the contamination issue has been contained...