Class I · Recall · initiated January 9, 2026 · Ongoing
Modern Warrior Ready capsules recalled after FDA found tianeptine, DMAA and aniracetam
Modern Warrior Life of Scottsdale, Arizona recalled Modern Warrior Ready dietary supplement capsules after FDA analysis found tianeptine, 1,4 DMAA and aniracetam, which the filing calls unapproved ingredients, in a product sold nationwide since April 2022.
The record
- Firm
- Modern Warrior Life, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ
- Product
- Modern Warrior Ready, Dietary Supplement, 60 CAPSULES
- Reason, as filed
- “FDA analysis revealed the presence of unapproved ingredients including tianeptine, 1,4 DMAA, and aniracetam.”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall number
- H-1178-2026
- Initiated
- January 9, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- July 29, 2026
- Status
- Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- Unknown
- Distribution
- The recalled product was distributed to customers nationwide from April 2022 until December 8, 2025
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Why it happened, in plain English
The filed reason says FDA analysis found “unapproved ingredients including tianeptine, 1,4 DMAA, and aniracetam.” This is not a contamination story. Those three compounds do not appear in a capsule by accident. The record does not say whether the firm knew they were present, whether they came in a raw material bought as something else, or what the label listed. The distribution line matters: nationwide, “from April 2022 until December 8, 2025,” more than three and a half years, with quantity “Unknown.”
In general terms, a supplement brand ends up in this position when it buys a finished formula or a proprietary blend without identity testing every ingredient in it. A Class I recall initiated in January and posted in July, with the quantity unknown, suggests the firm could not say how much product was out there. The word “including” in the reason leaves open whether the list is complete.
Who else should care
Any supplement brand selling energy, focus, mood or performance formulas, especially those built on a contract manufacturer’s stock blend or a proprietary blend from an unfamiliar supplier. Compounds like these show up where a product promises a felt effect. If your product works noticeably better than its label explains, that is the moment to test it.
Brands selling on marketplaces and their own site with no lot-level sales records should look at the “Unknown” quantity line. It is what a recall looks like when the records are not there. Check: whether you hold a third-party identity test, by a named method, for every ingredient in every proprietary blend you sell, and whether you could list every lot shipped since 2022.
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.