NPA’s TruLabel Program Expands To Ensure Purity Of Sports Supplements
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Natural Products Association is expanding testing in its TruLabel verification program to assure consumers that the products "are without traces of banned steroidal and stimulant ingredients.
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