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FDA orders federal agents to confiscate
‘starchblocker’ from its manufacturers
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Federal agents are seizing
stocks of "starch blocker” pills
from producers across the
country who are defying a Food
and Drug Administration order
to halt traffic in the popular
weight-loss products
The FDA charges .that the
pills, which use a kidney bean
extract, are classified as a drug
and are marketed illegally
because they have not been
approved by the agency for
safety and effectiveness
Some of the producers in the
$100 million-a-year business
are ignoring the FDA's July 1
order on the ground that starch
blockers are a food product, not
a drug requiring government
approval
The FDA announced
Thursday that its request, U S.
marshals dispatched by the
Justice Department have raided
six starch blocker manufac
turers and distributors in five
states since Sept 17, and
seized pills valued at $481,000
Other, unidentified producers
will be raided as court warrants
are obtained, said FDA
spokesman Bruce Brown He
said most of the more than 300
manufacturers and distributors
of starch blocker pills had com
plied with the agency's order to
halt operations
The six companies whose
inventories have been seized
were listed as American Dieta
ids Co , with plants at Cleburne,
Texas; Orangeburg, NY.;
Ooltewah, Tenn., and Tulsa,
Okla ; General Nutrition Corp at
Arlington, Texas; Nashville,
Tenn., and Pittsburgh; Phoenix
Laboratories, Deer Park, N Y.;
and three other companies
based in Tulsa, Eden's Own
Products Inc., Naturade
Products Inc and Holistic
Products Corp.
Brown said General Nutrition,
the biggest company raided so
far, sells a 30-tablet bottle of
starch blockers for $9 95 or a
100-tablet bottle for $22 95
through its 1,000 health food
stores in North America
The pills, invented by a Scot
tish-born biochemist from
Elkhart, Ind., named J. John
Marshall, have been sold at
drug stores and supermarkets
for about a year They are widely
advertised as designed to let
people eat starchy foods with
out gaining weight
The manufacturers say the
pills block the action of alpha
amylase, a protein that inhibits
digestive enzymes, and allows
starches to simply pass through
the body
The FDA says it continues to
receive reports of adverse
reactions from starch blocker
users, including nausea, vomit
ing, diarrhea, stomach pains
and excess gas Brown says 27
instances of hospitalization are
being investigated
House quits
without vote
on N-waste
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
House of Representatives,
rushing to adjourn until after the
November election, began
debate Thursday on legislation
to provide for the storage and
permanent disposal of high
level radioactive wastes
But it was unclear whether
Rep Morris Udall, D-Ariz.,
Chairman of the House Interior
Committee, would be able to
mAi/o fho Kill tn a final untp
before Congress recesses
Friday.
The House approved four
amendments to the bill
Thursday night but still had
another 32 amendments to vote
on Friday.
But any action then will have
to be sandwiched between a
continuing resolution to keep
the government in operating
funds until Congress returns in
November and the proposed
balanced budget amendment to
the Constitution
The waste bill would require
the president to pick a site for
the permanent burial of high
level radioactive wastes by 1987
with the facility to be completed
by 1998
The Hanford nuclear
reservation has been mentioned
as a potential site for such a
waste dump
The bill also would provide
temporary away-from-reactor
storage and the construction of
a monitored facility that could
handle the wastes for 50 to 100
years if the permanent dump is
not completed on time
Critics contend that the
legislation does not address the
90 percent of all radioactive
wastes generated by the military
in its nuclear weapons
programs
Similar legislation was passed
by the Senate earlier this year
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