Products found to contain undeclared medicines
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| Canada: Fat Burner No. 1 (Qian Mei Yin Zi): unauthorized Chinese herbal weight loss product may pose serious health risks |
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"Fat Burner No. 1" (labelled in Chinese characters translated as "Qian Mei Yin Zi", an unauthorized Chinese herbal weight loss medicine, is being voluntarily recalled by Ying Tai TCM Supplying Ltd. after Health Canada lab tests revealed the product contains two pharmaceutical ingredients that are not declared on the label and that may pose serious health risks: a chemical similar to sibutramine (N,N- didesmethylsibutramine), and sildenafil.
Please refer to the following website in Health Canada for details:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/_2010/2010_214-eng.php
The product is not registered in Hong Kong.
Ends/Thursday, December 2, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:30
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