A dietary supplement distributed nationally from February to May is being recalled because of possible salmonella contamination. The recall involves 9,800 bottles of Nature's Plus brand supplements that contain the raw material pepsin, the manufacturer announced. N.Y. The company said its products had tested negative for salmonella, but the recall was launched after random samples tested at a supplier, American Laboratories Inc., of Omaha, Neb., indicated the possibility of salmonella. No illnesses have been associated with the product, but salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in children, the frail and the elderly.
Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
The products being recalled are packaged in brown bottles with yellow and green labels. Lot numbers are on the bottom of each container. They were distributed between Feb. 12 and May 1. Nature Cleanse Botanicleanse Tabs, product number 1138, lot number 1008597. Betaine HCL, product number 4370, lot number 1006874.