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Brazil bans Ultra Shape and four capsule products
Brazil’s health agency, Anvisa, banned the sale and use of Ultra Shape and four capsule products.
Anvisa said Ultra Shape was being sold without its required registration, and its manufacturer could not be identified.
The four capsules—Espinheira Santa, Garra D, and two mixtures—were identified as made by Ciência da Natureza EIRELI.
Anvisa said the products lacked proof of health authorization, and the company did not have the operating permit required for this work.
The bans cover every batch of Ultra Shape and the four capsule products, and apply to people and companies involved in making, selling, distributing or promoting them.
In separate measures, Anvisa identified two Trodelvy batches as counterfeit and ordered a different Halexminophen batch withdrawn from sale and use.
Brazil’s health regulator, Anvisa, banned the weight-loss product Ultra Shape and four capsule products.
The order requires their seizure and prohibits their manufacture, sale, distribution, advertising and use.
Anvisa said Ultra Shape was advertised and sold without registration, notification or listing with the agency.
The four capsules were identified as products of Ciência da Natureza EIRELI, which Anvisa said lacked required health authorisation.
The decision also imposed separate measures on batches of the medicines Trodelvy and Halexminophen.
- Who
- Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa).
- What
- It banned Ultra Shape and four capsule products, ordering their seizure and prohibiting their manufacture, sale, distribution, advertising and use.
- When
- The decision was published on Monday, November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- Anvisa said the products lacked evidence of sanitary regularisation; Ultra Shape also lacked registration, notification or listing with the agency.
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Labels were sent to Anvisa by the Health Surveillance Service of Curitibanos, Santa Catarina, and the irregularity was identified.
Anvisa’s decision was published in Brazil’s Official Gazette, imposing the bans and other measures.
- Weight-loss product
- Ultra Shape
- Capsule products
- Espinheira Santa; Garra D; Canela de Velho + Unha de Gato + Sucupira + Garra D; Sucupira + Unha de Gato + Garra D
- Capsule products’ identified manufacturer
- Ciência da Natureza EIRELI
- Trodelvy batches
- 10008806 and 10008808
- Halexminophen batch
- 0000216652, 10 mg/ml
What people are saying
the company responsible for manufacturing was not identified and appears in the decision as unknown