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Drug product

Bethel Advance (bitter orange, mulberry leaf, cassia seed extract, jobstear seed, spirulina, starch, kola nut) capsules, 400 mg, 30-count bottles, Distributed by: Bethel, Inc., Tel: (212) 568-5330, UPC 1 60126 41750 9.

D-372-2014

August 05, 2013

Class I

Product summary

Firm
Bethel Nutritional Consulting, Inc
Event
Event 65894
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
13,266 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-372-2014

Official wording

Reason: Marketed Without An Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analyses detected the presence of phenolphthalein, N-di-Desmethylsibutramine, and trace amounts of sibutramine and N-Desmethylsibutramine. Sibutramine and phenolphthalein were previously available drug products but were removed from the U.S. market making these products unapproved new drugs.

Code information: Lot 10092011, Exp 2014

Distribution pattern: Nationwide, Puerto Rico, and internet sales

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Marketed Without An Approved NDA/ANDA: FDA analyses detected the presence of phenolphthalein, N-di-Desmethylsibutramine, and trace amounts of sibutramine and N-Desmethylsibutramine. Sibutramine and phenolphthalein were previously available drug products but were removed from the U.S. market making these products unapproved new drugs.