[WellPeople] Despite Lack of Complaints, FDA Seizes $4,100 in Herbal Tea

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Despite lack of complaints, FDA seizes $4,100 worth of herbal tea

 

FDA seizes $4,100 worth of herbal tea

 

9/18/2003

 

WASHINGTON -- The government said Thursday it seized $4,100 worth of

teas and tea mixes from a small New York herbal company, citing

fraudulent claims that the products could treat or cure ailments

ranging from headaches to cancer.

 

The Food and Drug Administration said it first warned Jean's Greens

of Norway, N.Y., in 2001 to stop making disease-related marketing

claims for Forticel teas.

 

FDA said Thursday that government agents seized 385 bottles and 78

tea-mix packages from the company, which sells through the Internet

and a local store.

 

" FDA is committed to rooting out modern purveyors of snake oil, " FDA

Commissioner Mark McClellan said in announcing the seizure.

 

No one answered a phone call to Jean's Greens on Thursday afternoon.

 

FDA said it has received no reports of illnesses from use of the

teas.

 

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2003/09/18/fda_

seizes_4100_worth_of_herbal_tea/

 

Anyone wishing to see the company FDA is bringing its full force and

weight upon, go to http://www.jeansgreens.com/

My guess is that this is another prosecution at the behest of the

pharmaceutical companies for the sale of Essaic.