Firm Sues to Halt Ephedra Ban

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A Park City-based company has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the government's rule banning the sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra.

Nutraceutical Corp. and its subsidiary, Solaray Inc., both based in Utah, claim the Food and Drug Administration violated federal law in prohibiting the sale of its product, ephedra, which is essentially a dried herb that "has been safely consumed for millennia," the suit reads. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court on Monday, says its product is safe because it contains low doses of the ephedrine alkaloid and uses the whole herb, not just alkaloid extracts.

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Firm Sues to Halt Ephedra Ban

The FDA's ban on all dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids went into effec...

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