Federal officials' Jan. 6 seizure of $400,000 worth of dietary supplements containing the botanical kratom not only signals FDA's concerns about the risk of abuse of the ingredient, but also could be a tip of the agency's cap to a US senator calling for tighter regulation of the supplement industry.
FDA Kicks Off Kratom Enforcement With $400,000 Seizure In Illinois
The seizure targets some 90,000 bottles of RelaKzpro brand products marketed by Dordoniz Natural Products in Illinois, the home state of Sen. Dick Durbin, who is critical of FDA's supplement market enforcement and plans legislation for tighter regulation.