Top Supplement Stories 2013: POM Saga, Spiked Products, GMPs
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Experts’ predictions for tighter GMP enforcement and the federal government shutdown’s effect on industries regulated by CFSAN joined the POM-FTC litigation and Pfizer’s work to identify bad actors making ED-spiked supplements as top supplement sector stories in “The Tan Sheet” during 2013.
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