The recent recalls of peanuts and pistachios brings to mind public concerns about the safety of all foods, including nutritional supplements. There’s good reason to be worried, if a recent report on Chinese slimming capsules is accurate. A study by German scientists found that the product contained sibutramine, which is banned for use as a [...]

What do sibutramine, rimonabant, phenytoin and phenolphthalein have in common? You can find them spread among the 69 brands of weight-loss pills identified by the FDA. The weight-loss segment of the industry will likely see even more scrutiny of its manufacturing practices now that the FDA has targeted products that it considers harmful or illegal. [...]

The peanut butter/paste Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak has witnessed another functional food victim with the recall of GNC’s Triflex peanut butter chews products. The recall is detailed on the FDA website here.   As you may have heard, all of the recent salmonella-tainted products have contained peanut paste or peanut butter made at a Peanut Corp. of [...]