PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Edward Mills
AU  - Rana Singh
AU  - Cory Ross
AU  - Edzard Ernst
AU  - Joel G. Ray
TI  - Sale of kava extract in some health food stores
DP  - 2003 Nov 25
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1158--1159
VI  - 169
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/169/11/1158.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/169/11/1158.full
SO  - CMAJ2003 Nov 25; 169
AB  - IN 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.