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| NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Targets Popular Herbal Supplements |
| 2015-02-04 |
| [NBCNEWYORK] An ongoing investigation of popular herbal supplements subjected to DNA testing has found numerous store brand supplements aren't what their labels claim to be, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday. Schneiderman's office has sent letters to GNC, Target, Wal-Mart and Walgreen Co. concerning supplements that either couldn't be verified to contain the labeled substance or that contained ingredients not listed on the label. The products include Echinacea, ginseng, St. John's wort, garlic, ginkgo biloba and saw palmetto. Overall, just 21 percent of the test results from store brand herbal supplements verified DNA from the plants listed on the labels. The retailer with the poorest showing was Wal-Mart. Only 4 percent of the Wal-Mart products tested showed DNA from the plants listed on the labels. "This investigation makes one thing abundantly clear: The old adage 'buyer beware' may be especially true for consumers of herbal supplements," Schneiderman said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Nothing stops the AG from suing the companies and distributors for false labeling under existing laws. Caveat Emptor, indeed. Go to the public library and read Consumer Reports. Oh, wait, that undermines the expansion of power of the state. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-02-04 09:38 |