title: Sale of kava extract in some health food stores.
abstract: January 2002, Health Canada issued an advisory, followed by a ban in August 2002, on the sale of herbal kava. One month after the advisory, 22 (67%) of 33 health food stores approached were selling kava. Two months after the ban, 17 (57%) of 30 stores continued to sell kava. These findings demonstrate that health food stores may need to be better informed about the sale of restricted natural health products.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Rana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Cory
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Edzard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: Joel G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology; D003132:Commerce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D020901:Kava / Q000009:adverse effects; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations