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FDA warning letter: US Chem Labs

What the FDA told US Chem Labs in February 2024 about semaglutide and tirzepatide — and whether it has been resolved.

By Sam Reed · Founder and data lead
What this letter is about
How the medicine was made

The FDA inspected the facility that made the drug and found the process fell short of the standards it sets. Of the three kinds of letter here, this is the one that concerns the product itself rather than how it was described or sold.

… Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviewed your website at the Internet address www.uschemlabs.com in October 2023 and has observed that your website offers “Semaglutide,” “Tirzepatide” and “Thymalin” products for sale in the United States.
FDA warning letter to US Chem Labs, MARCS-CMS 669074. Read it on fda.gov
Context

What an FDA warning letter is

It is a letter. The FDA writes to a company to say which of its practices the agency believes break the law, and asks it to fix them. That is the whole mechanism: a written notice, published so anyone can read it.

It is the FDA’s position, not a court’s finding. The company can reply, and can disagree. The agency states in these letters that failing to address the problems may lead to further action such as seizure or an injunction — which tells you the letter itself is not yet either of those things.

A warning letter does not recall a product, suspend a licence or close a business. It does not mean that medicine already dispensed was unsafe. When the FDA is satisfied the problems are fixed, it publishes a closeout letter.

What it does tell you is that a regulator looked at this company and wanted something changed. The useful question is what — and the quoted passage above answers it more precisely than any summary can.

The record

What the letter says

FieldWhat the letter statesSource
RecipientUS Chem LabsFDA warning letter
IssuedFeb 7, 2024FDA warning letter
Issuing officeCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDERFDA warning letter
FDA referenceMARCS-CMS 669074FDA warning letter
LocationMiami, FL, United StatesFDA warning letter
SubjectCGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/AdulteratedFDA warning letter
What it concernsHow the medicine was madeRead from the subject line
Medication namedSemaglutide and TirzepatideLetter text
StatusOpen — no closeout letter publishedFDA warning letter list
The same day

The FDA sent 1 other letters that day

These letters go out in waves rather than one at a time, so the rest of the wave is the context this one sits in.

Data sources · cited with retrieval dates

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