FDA Notice: Supplement Pills Sold Nationwide Contain Poisonous Plant

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notice said that a supplement company issued a voluntary recall of its tejocote root and Brazil seed products because they were found by an FDA inspection to contain a poisonous plant. The notice said that ingestion of the plant, yellow oleander, can “adverse effects” in the cardiovascular, neurological, and gastrointestinal systems that can be severe or fatal. The company, G.A. Mart, received a report of “gastrointestinal illness, including painful symptoms in conjunction with internal bleeding” in connection with the tejocote product, called TejoRoot. It has not received reports of adverse reports associated with its H&Natural Brazil Seed, according to the notice....