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Digestive 3 in 1 Health Liquid Dietary Supplement Recalled for Possible Salmonella
Washington, DC: Botanical Laboratories of Ferndale, WA is recalling 38 bottles of 33.8 oz "Digestive 3 in 1 Health " liquid dietary supplement and 275 bottles of 16 oz. "Digestive Health 3 in 1" liquid dietary supplement, because a supplier of one of the ingredients has indicated the ingredient has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience : fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. No illnesses have been reported to date.
On 05/29/12 Botanical Laboratories was informed by raw ingredient supplier Corn Product Int. that retain samples of a lot (#117369) of a raw material Purimune (Galacto Oligosaccharide), which was one of the ingredients used to make "Digestive 3 in 1 Health" had tested positive for salmonella. To date, raw material received and tested by Botanical Laboratories have tested negative for salmonella. To date, no lots of "Digestive 3 in 1 Health" final product have tested positive for salmonella.
Both 33.8 oz. and 16 oz "Digestive 3 in 1 Health" were distributed nationwide through retail stores, and online retailers. The product was distributed after 05/01/2012.
Published on Jun-7-12
Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience : fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. No illnesses have been reported to date.
On 05/29/12 Botanical Laboratories was informed by raw ingredient supplier Corn Product Int. that retain samples of a lot (#117369) of a raw material Purimune (Galacto Oligosaccharide), which was one of the ingredients used to make "Digestive 3 in 1 Health" had tested positive for salmonella. To date, raw material received and tested by Botanical Laboratories have tested negative for salmonella. To date, no lots of "Digestive 3 in 1 Health" final product have tested positive for salmonella.
Both 33.8 oz. and 16 oz "Digestive 3 in 1 Health" were distributed nationwide through retail stores, and online retailers. The product was distributed after 05/01/2012.
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