“The health and safety of our customers is our highest priority,” said Kathleen Reed, director of financial planning and analysis for Vitacost, a unit of grocery giant Kroger Co. in Boca Raton, Fla., told the Los Angeles Times that it would pull from its website all products containing BMPEA, including Aro Black Series Burn mentioned in the study, until it could conduct further studies. “While our review of the available information on products containing BMPEA does not identify a specific safety concern at this time, the FDA will consider taking regulatory action, as appropriate, to protect consumers,” she said. ![]() He said the FDA’s failure to act is “completely inexcusable.”įDA spokeswoman Juli Putnam acknowledged that the agency published research on the occurrence of BMPEA in Acacia rigidula supplements in 2013. ![]() In an interview, Pieter Cohen, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and one of the study’s authors, said that while the effects of BMPEA are unknown, the compound is potentially dangerous. “Physicians should remain vigilant for patients presenting with toxicity from sports and weight-loss supplements as they might contain undisclosed stimulants, such as BMPEA.” “The FDA should immediately warn consumers about BMPEA and take aggressive enforcement action to eliminate BMPEA in dietary supplements,” the study said. Clayton Bloszies is affiliated with Haverford College, not Harvard Medical School and Caleb Yee is with UC San Francisco, not Haverford College. Contaminated supplements: In the April 7 Business section, an article about a study showing that an amphetamine-like substance is present in a range of dietary supplements misstated two of the authors’ academic affiliations.
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