Placing blame on a supplement company is really quite meaningless anyhow, unless there is some verifiable proof that such contamination or mislabeling actually exists.
Fort, you see regulation as in FDA oversight of what goes into these products?
I doubt FDA would regulate them as a conventional food or drug, although they probably are treated as "food." There is an FDA Office of Nutritional Products that is governed by a different set of regulations. Products must be "safe" and truthfully labelled. Any adverse effects must be reported, etc. I think they're primarily targeting dietary pills and such. But the regs could be modified or interpreted to include these athletic supplements, particularly since their use (or misuse) seems to be burgeoning.
For that matter, the FTC might one day begin to wonder about their advertising claims, if they haven't already.
Placing blame on a supplement company is really quite meaningless anyhow, unless there is some verifiable proof that such contamination or mislabeling actually exists.
Fort, you see regulation as in FDA oversight of what goes into these products?
I doubt FDA would regulate them as a conventional food or drug, although they probably are treated as "food." There is an FDA Office of Nutritional Products that is governed by a different set of regulations. Products must be "safe" and truthfully labelled. Any adverse effects must be reported, etc. I think they're primarily targeting dietary pills and such. But the regs could be modified or interpreted to include these athletic supplements, particularly since their use (or misuse) seems to be burgeoning.
For that matter, the FTC might one day begin to wonder about their advertising claims, if they haven't already.
