FDA issues warning to Dollar Tree about selling 'potentially unsafe drugs'
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/health/fda-dollar-tree-warning-bn/index.htmlFDA issues warning to Dollar Tree about selling 'potentially unsafe drugs'
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN
Updated 9:58 PM ET, Thu November 14, 2019
(CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Dollar Tree for receiving over-the-counter drugs produced by foreign manufacturers that have been found to be adulterated, including acne treatment pads and Assured brand drugs.
The letter -- sent earlier this month to Greenbrier International Inc., which does business as Dollar Tree -- describes Dollar Tree's receipt of adulterated drugs from manufacturers and suppliers that had received separate FDA warning letters last year and were placed on "import alert."
The letter outlines "multiple violations" of manufacturing practices at those contract manufacturers used to produce Dollar Tree's Assured Brand over-the-counter drugs as well as other drug products sold at Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores.
The warning letter notes how some of the drug products came from Shanghai Weierya Daily Chemicals Factory and Hangzhou Zhongbo Industrial Company Ltd., which the letter details have shown a pattern of serious violations of the law, such as not testing raw materials or drugs for pathogens and quality.
The FDA encourages health care professionals and consumers to report any adverse events that might have occurred while using over-the-counter drug products from the contract manufacturers.
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https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/greenbrier-international-inc-dba-dollar-tree-574706-11062019
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ingredients are imported and have little or no FDA control. Therefore, they avoid any reporting of foreign materials. Food product manufacturers pull the same trick.
And, it's not just food and drug ingredients, it's also packaging products that can affect our health.
Without full, thorough investigative reporting to track all ingredients, we really have no way to be assured of product purity and traceability.
We have a much larger problem with generic drugs in the US because almost all are made in India, where we do not adequately monitor and control ingredients and the manufacturing process.
Sad.....
we take into or apply to our bodies via foods, drugs and even cosmetics such as lotions. Many US manufacturers buy ingredients (mostly) from Asia, mix them and then stamp the pills, fill the capsules or fill liquid bottles, then call it "made in USA". It's a shame they must do that to stay competitive because most Americans do shop for lowest price rather than assured quality.
The best we can do is buy from US companies that assure us they test all batches of ingredients for contamination, purity and proper base strength. I buy a lot of supplements out of necessity and simply trust a couple of suppliers because their products produce the desired results and they state their guaranteed methods of quality control.
Thanks for sharing.......
