The United States Food and Drug Administration is a regulating government agency that oversees all things food and drug related in the country. As such, they have the jurisdiction to perform recalls of dangerous products on the market and to disallow dangerous products to enter the market in the first place. However, they do not control every part of the market.

Dietary supplements currently fall under a grey area. They are neither food nor drug products. Instead they are marketed as natural or holistic products that are theoretically not chemical based. This is what distinguishes them from drugs and is the reason that the FDA cannot regulate them. In fact, there is no regulating body for dietary supplements at all. This allows manufacturers and marketers to sell these supplements with no safety testing at all.

This was the case with Hydroxycut. If you or someone you know has been injured by Hydroxycut, contact the Hydroxycut recall attorneys of Wiiliams Kherkher at your convenience.