Kirkman's Recall

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This was posted on another loop regarding this recall. I hope it answers

your questions:

December 30, 2009

Dear Kirkman Customer and Distributor:

It has come to Kirkman's attention, that a raw material supplier has been

supplying Kirkman with substandard quality material that is higher in

antimony content than what would be considered acceptable to the special

needs community. Raw material suppliers are actually not required to test

for antimony levels routinely, so Kirkman was not aware of this problem

until physicians using Kirkman products brought the issue to our attention

as a result of their metal testing. We immediately had our laboratory

research the issue which they quickly isolated and linked to two specific

lots of stevia leaf extract.

We have stopped using this material and have located and purchased a quality

replacement which we will begin using immediately.

We are asking that if you have any of the following products which utilized

this material in your inventory, that you destroy the products and request

credit or replacement with new lots when they become available. Call

Kirkman customer service to make these requests. The products involved

include all lots of the following products:

1. Zinc Liquid

Product # 387/8 and 387/16

2. Super Nu-Thera w/o A and D Product # 447/454

3. DMAE 50 mg. Chewable Product # 489/90

4. Super Nu-Thera Powder Orange Product # 410/454

5. B Complex Powder Pro Support Product #399/7

6. TMG w/Folinic and B-12 Powder Product #413/4 and 413/8

7. Chewable Vitamin C Tablets Product #389/100

and 389/250

8. Trial sizes of the above seven products

Kirkman regrets the inconvenience associated with this issue, but Kirkman

will not compromise our quality standards that we have stood for throughout

our existence.

Sincerely,

Larry Newman

COO Technical and Regulatory Affairs

Kirkman group

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