The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has filed an injunction in U.S. District Court to stop an Irvine-based dietary supplement company and its chief executive officer from distributing products that are allegedly manufactured in sub-par conditions.

The action requires that company, SciLabs Nutraceuticals, Inc. and its CEO, Paul P. Edalat, cease all operations. The justice department filed the initial complaint in court at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after FDA facility inspections in 2012 through 2014.

SciLabs Nutraceuticals Inc. is a manufacturer of dietary supplements distributed under the brand name All Pro Science, including Complete Immune + capsules and various flavored powders called Complete, Recovery and Precharge.

Among the deficiencies noted in the inspections were that the company didn’t test ingredients to verify their identities before using them, it didn’t establish product specifications for purity, strength and composition of finished batches of supplements, and it failed to document equipment use, maintenance cleaning and sanitation practices in logs, which is required by law.

In order to resume manufacturing the products, the FDA first must determine that SciLabs’ practices are in compliance with the law, according to the Department of Justice.

“The failure to comply with current good manufacturing practice requirements by a maker of dietary supplements can pose a risk to the public health,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce R. Branda of the Justice Department’s Civil Division said in a statement.

“The Department of Justice will continue to bring enforcement actions against those who do not follow the necessary procedures to comply with the safety laws for dietary supplements.”

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