Lawsuit Prompts Recall of Diet Pills Marketed as Antibiotics

A Georgia company accused of marketing dietary supplements as antibiotics announced a recall Monday days after the Texas Attorney General slapped the company with a temporary restraining order prohibiting sales of the pills in his state.

Multi-Mex Distributor Inc. of Tucker, Georgia, the Food and Drug Administration announced, is recalling a number of dietary supplements sold in the following states: California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, and in Indianapolis.