Health officials in North Carolina say kratom from Southeast Asia is the source of salmonella they found in herbal supplements marketed by a company in Asheville.
The company is recalling its products, but said tests by an independent lab it uses failed to detect the salmonella; state lab tests found it.
The Centres for Disease Control reports that 132 people in 38 states have been sickened by salmonella in imported kratom.
So far neither the Canadian Food Inspection Agency nor the Public Health Agency of Canada has said anything about imported kratom.
