Fwd: Kirkman Recall - antimony found in some supplements

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---------- Forwarded Message ----------To: scdinfo-owner Subject: Fwd: Kirkman Recall - antimony found in some supplementsDate: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 08:19:10 -0500

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Date: January 6, 2010 10:33:12 PM EST

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Subject: Kirkman Recall - antimony found in some supplements

This is a forward from the abmd list:http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/abmd/message/109490FYI - our DAN doctor just sent this out to her patients, and thought youshouldall know about it. Lot numbers impacted are listed in the letter thatI'vecopied and pasted below:On a related note, my son's UTMs have been pulling very high levels ofantimonyout of nowhere in the past 4 months. Now I know why...---------------------------December 30, 2009Dear Kirkman Distributor,It has come to Kirkman's attention, that a raw material supplier hasbeensupplying Kirkman with substandard quality material that is higher inantimonycontent than what would be considered acceptable to the special needscommunity.Raw material suppliers are actually not required to test for antimonylevelsroutinely, so this problem did not come to our attention until aphysician usingKirkman products brought the issue to our attention. We immediately hadourlaboratory research the issue which they quickly isolated and linked itto aspecific raw material.We have stopped using this material and have located and purchased aqualityreplacement which we will begin using immediately.We are asking that if you have any of the following products whichutilized thismaterial in your inventory, that you destroy the products and requestcredit orreplacement with new lots when they become available. Call Kirkmancustomerservice to make these requests. The products involved include all lotsof thefollowing products:1. Zinc Liquid: Product #387/8 and 387/162. Super Nu-Thera w/o A and D: Product #447/4543. DMAE 50mg, Chewable: Product # 489/904. Super Nu-Thera Powder Orange: Product #410/4545. B Complex Powder Pro Support: Product #399/76. TMG w/Folinic and B-12 Powder: Product #413/4 and 413/87. Chewable Vitamin C Tablets: Product #389/100 and 389/250Kirkman regrets the inconvenience associated with this issue, butKirkman willnot compromise our quality standards that we have stood for throughoutourexistence.Sincerely,Larry NewmanCOO Technical and Regulatory Affairs

Carol

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