STAT+: FDA to importer: keep your active pharma ingredients away from weed killer and antifreeze
What do weed killer, engine antifreeze coolant, dry wall repair products, and active pharmaceutical ingredients have in common?
They were all stored in the same room at Syntec Pharma, which imports active ingredients and up until recently, was also repackaging them. Not only that, the company also comingled personal food items and some “unidentified” products in unlabeled aluminum bags in a refrigerator used to store – yes, you guessed correctly – active ingredients and chemicals.
