The products include the brand names Natural Choice Vitamin B-17, Natural Choice Kava Kava as well as Life Choice, Doctor's Choice, Your Choice and Healthy Choice.
Consumers were also warned off Natural Choice Lithium Orotate for the same reason – failing to possess an on-label eight-digit Drug Identification Number (DIN); Natural Product Number (NPN) or Homeopathic Medicine Number (DIN-HM).
Health Canada raised issues about the bitter apricot kernel- extract, amygdalin, in the vitamin B-17 products, which it said could release cyanide when ingested, and which could be lethal.
Kava is on Canada’s restricted substances list.