In 2002, the product gained notoriety for cases of thyroid problems, liver failure, and deaths in Asia as a result of its consumption.
[1][2][3] The product label claimed that the ingredients contained only natural extracts,[4] and was originally cleared for sale by authorities.
[7] The spotlight was also shone on Chinese health products, which were exported and sold cheaply and largely unregulated across Asia in pharmacies, beauty parlors and spas.
[1] Its company's manufacturing license was eventually revoked by the Chinese government after Slim 10 was linked to one of its own citizen's death in Guangdong.
[10] De Cruz received an emergency transplant from boyfriend, actor Pierre Png, who donated half of his liver, in an exceptional case allowed by the Ministry of Health of Singapore[11] One woman, Selvarani Raja, died after suffering from liver failure.