SAM ISSA CHECKS ROWS OF HERBAL, VITAMIN AND MINERAL PILL PRODUCTS IN SYDNEY PHARMACY, 2003-04-29 (photo)

Store worker Sam Issa checks the brand names of rows of herbal, vitamin and mineral pill products at a suburban pharmacy in Sydney April 29, 2003. Australians were urged not to panic over the biggest medical recall in the nation's history which could spread to thousands of over-the-counter drugs and exports of non-prescription medicines in Asia and Europe. Pan Pharmaceuticals, Australia's largest maker of herbal, vitamin and mineral pills (better known as 'complimentary medicines'), is accused of potentially harmful safety and quality breaches in making its own products and goods for other brands. The government's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has warned Australians to delay taking vitamin and herbal supplements, and the Pharmecy Guild of Australia said confusion reigned as to which products they had to advise their members to remove from their shelves until they new which ones contained Pan ingredients. REUTERS/David Gray DG/PB