FDA issues warning to Dollar Tree about selling 'potentially unsafe drugs'

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The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Dollar Tree for receiving over-the-counter drugs produced by foreign manufacturers that have been found to be adulterated, including acne treatment pads and Assured brand drugs

FDA targets illegally marketed dietary supplementsThe letter -- sent earlier this month to Greenbrier International Inc., which does business as Dollar Tree -- describes Dollar Tree's receipt of adulterated drugs from manufacturers and suppliers that had received separate FDA warning letters last year and were placed on"import alert.

The warning letter notes how some of the drug products came from Shanghai Weierya Daily Chemicals Factory and Hangzhou Zhongbo Industrial Company Ltd., which the letter details have shown a pattern of serious violations of the law, such as not testing raw materials or drugs for pathogens and quality.The FDA encourages health care professionals and consumers to report any adverse events that might have occurred while using over-the-counter drug products from the contract manufacturers.

 

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Who the hell buys medicine at a Dollar Tree

Where did I say there was problem- lighten up

NettiePearl01 Selling crap to the poor people because that’s the only place that many people can afford to shop StopCorporateGreedTaxTheRich

Thank you!

I only purchase my shaving gels, shaving razors, and bodywash there CNN. I go anywhere else, and i'm shelling out nearly $6 for razors or bodywash...Hell nah!😆💯

I take dollar tree drugs because I have windmill cancer. Donald Trump said foreign drugs were the future and I just traversed 2.5k miles or driving through mountain ranges and open spaces. And there were windmills all over. I keep hearing this buzzing sound now in Louisiana.

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