World Green Nutrition, Inc is expanding their April 3, 2024 recall to include more lot numbers of the products Green Elv Nutrition brand Elv Control Herbal Supplement 90 capsules and Elv Alipotec brand Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) Net. Wt, 0.3 0z (7g), because of the presence of yellow oleander in the products.

The yellow oleander is a poisonous plant native to Mexico and Central America. The consumption of yellow oleander can cause adverse effects on neurological, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular health that can be serious or even fatal. Symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, heart changes, arrhythmia and more.

The products ELV Control Herbal Supplement and Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) under recall were intended to be sold through authorized distributors and not through e-commerce platforms or in physical stores. However, it is possible that these products were purchased and further distributed via e-commerce platforms and/or physical stores.

For easier identification of the product ELV Control Herbal Supplement in question, it is noted that it comes in a white container with a blue lid; and is marked with the following information:

For easier identification of the product Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) in question, it is noted that it comes in a white polyethylene container with a green polypropylene lid; heat-shrinkable PET-G material label and  is marked with the following information:

As of the posting of this recall, the company has not received reports of illnesses related to the consumption of this product. However, the recall from the market began after the Food and Drug Administration found it to contain Yellow Oleander.

Consumers should stop consuming the recalled products. Consumers who have purchased the recalled lots of ELV Control Herbal Supplement and Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) can return them to the place wher they made their purchase to obtain an exchange for another product marketed by the company or dispose of the products.