Kava ban broadens
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
French health agency L'Afssaps plans to suspend sale of kava-containing products, excluding homeopathic items. In Jan. 9 statement, L'Afssaps cites 30 AEs in Germany and Switzerland, including reports that one person died and four required liver transplants, but notes it has not received AEs in France. DGCCRF, the French agency governing fraud, has spoken with two professional organizations about "suspending the utilization and deliverance" of such products, according to L'Afssaps. Last month, the UK supplement industry agreed to Medicines Control Agency's request that kava supplements be pulled from store shelves (1"The Tan Sheet" Dec. 24, 2001, p. 14)...