RE: The Nando Times: Maker of powdered egg yolks indicted for hawkingunapproved drug

August 2, 2002

Boy, there were times before I went to the Dr., but while I was feeling

crummy with this, that I might have bought powdered egg yolks with the hopes

of feeling better. It's a shame that there are unscrupulous people waiting

to take advantage of people in pain.

Love and hugs,

Carol

[ ] The Nando Times: Maker of powdered egg yolks indicted

for hawkingunapproved drug

Health & Science: Maker of powdered egg yolks indicted for hawking

unapproved drug

COLUMBUS, Ohio (August 1, 2002 4:23 p.m. EDT) - A poultry researcher and a

plastic surgeon who marketed " magic bullet " powdered egg yolks to boost

immunity to disease were selling an unapproved drug, an indictment charged

Wednesday.

A grand jury delivered a 26-count indictment against Marilyn , Dr.

Kaminski of Niles, Ill., and their company, OvImmune Inc., accusing

them of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and to distribute an unapproved and

misbranded drug with intent to defraud. The charges carry maximum five-year

jail terms.

Authorities said a Web site had claimed the powdered yolk could also treat

yeast infections, autism and chronic fatigue syndrome. By law, a food

supplement becomes a drug when it is advertised as treating a disease and

must go through a rigorous approval process.

On Tuesday, a former OvImmune distributor pleaded guilty in federal court to

conspiring to distribute unapproved and misbranded drugs in interstate

commerce. For Your Health Inc. owner Suen faces up to three years in

prison.

, 56, has said For Your Health ran the Web site and her attorneys

have ordered the company to stop claiming the powdered yolk could cure

diseases.

Neither nor Suen returned calls Wednesday. Kaminski declined comment

and his lawyers did not return a call Wednesday.

sold baggies full of the pale yellow powder to undercover agents,

the indictment said. One bought $200 worth for his rheumatoid arthritis and

the other $25 worth to treat his wife's toenail fungus.

The indictment says and Kaminski also contracted with an unnamed

Seattle company to pay for an effectiveness study, and failed to report that

the researcher found the powder ineffective.

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