Water Making Cancer Claim On Import Alert: Health And Wellness Industry News
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
TruVision warned on GMPs; UK regulators tell TV personality to disclose her social media endorsement of vitamin firm Convits; ThermoLife’s six-year litigation against Gaspari ends; and more news in brief.
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