Dietary Supplements Suspected of Salmonella Are Recalled

About 9,800 bottles of Nature’s Plus dietary supplements containing the raw material pepsin are being recalled because of possible salmonella contamination.

Natural Organics of Melville, N.Y., which produced the supplement, 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, 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 people 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.

They are:

* Digestive Enzyme, product number 4450, lot number 1008884.

* Nature Cleanse Botanicleanse Tabs, product number 1138, lot number 1008597.

* Betaine HCL, product number 4370, lot number 1006874.

* Ultra-Zyme, product numbers 4452 and 4453, lot numbers 1007116, 1007110, 1005942, 1005943, 1009596, 1009520, 1007562 and 1006906.

Consumers can return the products to the place of purchase for a refund. Those with questions can contact the company at (631) 293-1170, Ext. 474.