The manufacturer of Hydroxy cut products has voluntarily recalled the product and the FDA has advised that persons stop taking the dietary suppliment immediately.  The cause for the recall is that several persons using the product as directed have developed liver damage.  Signs of liver damage include brown urine, stomach pain, nausia, and vomiting.  Hydroxycut is sold as a suplement.  The FDA can take action against companies producing supliments once it is on the market.  For the past two years, manufacturers must report any adverse side effects to the FDA within 15 days of learning ot them.  Hydroxycut is believed to have caused the death of one young man.  The FDA is still trying to determine what causes the liver damage in some but not all persons who use the product.

The task is made more difficult since the supplement contains sever herbal elements.   The leading trade association for nutritional suppliments, The Council for Responsible Nutrition, has said the both the FDA and manufacturer of Hydorxycut have taken appropiate measures in the recall and wanring to stop taking the product.  Once the ingrediant that causes the liver damage has been identified, the manufacturer may choose to begin selling the product after reformulating it so that the offencing ingredient is no longer included.