HERBAL SUPPLEMENT
October 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
THE US Food and Drug Administration has moved to prevent a seller of dietary herbal products from marketing its products as recreational drugs. The FDA says it e-mailed Xoch Linnebank, a Dutch on-line seller of Yellow Jackets, warning it that promoting the pills as a "herbal ecstasy" is illegal. Yellow Jackets contain ephedra, a legal dietary supplement, and other stimulants such as caffeinating kola nut. Earlier this year, the FDA sent a warning letter to a Tennessee company Herbtech marketing two ephedra products as street drug ...
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