FLICKR, FDA
Last Tuesday (February 20), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a recommendation warning consumers to avoid kratom, citing a multistate outbreak of Salmonella that has been linked to the dietary supplement. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) followed on Wednesday by announcing a voluntary recall and destruction of kratom supplements sold by the Missouri-based company Divinity Products Distribution.
The Salmonella outbreak began in October, and cases have been documented in 20 states. No deaths have been reported as a result of the outbreak, but eleven individuals have been hospitalized. The CDC used whole genome sequencing to determine that the Salmonella samples from affected people were “closely related,” indicating they probably share a common infection source. Eight of the hospitalized individuals said ...
