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Post by dhfl143 on Feb 3, 2015 21:46:52 GMT -5
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Post by healthy11 on Feb 4, 2015 0:01:57 GMT -5
I'd heard about this on the radio, and appreciate your posting a link. I wonder who manufactures the products for the stores in question, as I don't think they each have their own "factories." A portion of the article follows:
"New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says an ongoing investigation by his office has found numerous store brand herbal supplements aren't what their labels claim to be. Schneiderman says Tuesday that his office has sent letters to four major retailers concerning supplements that either couldn't be verified to contain the labeled substance or that contained ingredients not listed on the label.
The retailers are GNC, Target, Walmart, and Walgreens. The products include echinacea, ginseng, St. John's wort, garlic, ginkgo biloba and saw palmetto."
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Post by eoffg on Feb 4, 2015 8:13:06 GMT -5
But this also raises a broader question about the validity of all vitamin/ mineral supplements? Who actually confirms that the amount of a vitamin/ mineral in a tablet/capsule is in fact accurate?
It is more an act of faith, and trusting what they state as being true?
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Post by Mayleng on Feb 4, 2015 12:45:59 GMT -5
That is the thing, vitamins and supplements are not regulated.
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Post by hope4all on Mar 7, 2015 21:20:26 GMT -5
Thanks dhfl143, I take some supplements and herbs. None of them were listed. I wish they would have posted brands and stores that ingredients did match the label.
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Post by hope4all on Mar 7, 2015 21:49:54 GMT -5
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Post by hope4all on Mar 9, 2015 19:31:41 GMT -5
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