Health, Beauty And Wellness Regulatory News: FDA, Kratom Group Trade Criticisms, LifeLink 'Key Words' Warned
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's latest concern about kratom is "disturbingly high levels of heavy metals," but American Kratom Association adds to its reasons for "strong objections to methodology and lack of scientific rigor" in agency's finding that kratom is unsafe because some constituent ingredients are opioids. LifeLink supplement marketer caught FDA's attention not only for drug claims but also for key words on websites to identify diseases as search terms to find its products.
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