Contaminated heparin imported from China still unknown numbers of people in the United States since 2007. Now counterfeit diet pills from China, which have ingredients that can prompt heart attacks, are hitting the American market. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704094104575144560727634680.html?KEYWORDS=Alli
The U.S. Justice Department has arrested Sengyang Shou, a Chinese national, and Qing Min Hu, a U.S. citizen born in China. The pair are accused of illegally importing diet products, including a knockoff of GlaxoSmithKline’s Alli, that they told buyers were less pricey versions of government-approved medications, according to The Journal.
The counterfeit drugs were being sold on Web sites that claimed they were legal, but less expensive, versions of the diet pills. But when one man took the pills, he started getting chills, headaches and symptoms like those of a heart attack.
The Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers about buying weight-loss products via the Internet. The FDA has tested diet products sold on the Web and discovered they contained sibutramine, an ingredient that is used in some weight-loss pills, but not Alli.
Sibutramine has been barred in some countries and there have been calls for its use to be banned in the United States.
The latest case is being handled not only by the Justice Department but also the \FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/
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