Overview
- Gear Isle, a San Francisco–area retailer, initiated a voluntary consumer-level recall after FDA tests found undeclared sildenafil and tadalafil in two chocolate products.
- The recalled items are Gold Lion Aphrodisiac Chocolate Male Enhancement Sachet and Ilum Sex Chocolate Male Sexual Enhancement Booster, which were sold online across the United States.
- The FDA warns these prescription-only drugs can cause a sudden, potentially life-threatening drop in blood pressure when combined with nitrate medications such as nitroglycerin.
- Gear Isle says it has received no reports of adverse reactions and is contacting customers to arrange returns and refunds.
- An FDA notice in February had already flagged the Ilum product for containing tadalafil, highlighting a wider pattern of sexual-enhancement foods and supplements being adulterated with hidden pharmaceuticals.