Dietary supplements and bulk dietary ingredients that are or contain mitragyna speciosa or kratom

Why FDA issued it

FDA has seen an increase in the number of shipments of dietary supplements and bulk dietary ingredients that are, or contain kratom, also known as Mitragyna speciosa, mitragynine extract, biak-biak, cratom, gratom, ithang, kakuam, katawn, kedemba, ketum, krathom, krton, mambog, madat, Maeng da leaf, nauclea, Nauclea speciosa, or thang. These shipments of kratom have come in a variety of forms, including capsules, whole leaves, processed leaves, leaf resins, leaf extracts, powdered leaves, and bulk liquids made of leaf extracts. Importers' websites have sometimes contained information about how their products are used. Kratom is a botanical that qualifies as a dietary ingredient under section 201(ff)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) [21 U.S.C. 321(ff)(1)]. When marketed as a dietary ingredient, FDA also considers kratom to be a new dietary ingredient under section

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 54-15, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.