The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-25-2007
Vitamins recalled on allegations they contain lead
Kevin G. DeMarrais
Date: 01-25-2007, Thursday
Section: BUSINESS
Edtion: All Editions
NORTH BERGEN — The Vitamin Shoppe, a North Bergen-based maker of vitamins and nutritional supplements, said Wednesday that it had voluntarily removed its "Especially for Women" multivitamins from store shelves and its Internet sales site in light of allegations that the product contains trace quantities of lead in excess of California labeling requirements.
"In order to assure that we have all of the information needed, we have asked our contract manufacturer and an independent scientific lab to conduct separate tests," Chief Executive Tom Tolworthy said.
"Our efforts to more fully investigate these allegations have been hampered by the unwillingness of the company making the allegations to share its complete results and testing methodology with us."
The Vitamin Shoppe said it is offering full refunds. Customers can get further information from the company's toll free hotline, 866-293-3365.
Keywords: RECALL
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