Noted herbalist Greg Caton, owner of Alpha Omega Labs, was recently seized from Ecuador by the FDA against the orders of an Ecuadorian Federal judge.
The alleged kidnapping occurred outside of normal extradition procedures, three days prior to a scheduled hearing. According to Caton’s wife, Cathryn, the FDA took action against her husband because the agency felt he had violated his 2003 probation order when he was charged with selling unapproved drugs — a criminal allegation commonly applied to herbalists who sell herbs and make claims about their medicinal properties.