US International Mail Shipment Searches Reap More Spiked Supplements
Executive Summary
Between start of federal government partial shutdown on Dec. 22 and federal agencies' re-opening on Jan. 28, FDA Customs and Border Protection officials examining international mail shipments found ED drugs in six products and two weight loss ingredients approved in the US in four.
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