Massachusetts Bid Stalls To Age-Restrict Sales Of Bodybuilding, Weight Loss Supplements
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
"We spent a lot of time in Massachusetts trying to point out the flaws in the legislation," says CRN government relations chief Mike Greene. CRN and other stakeholders could focus on the Massachusetts bill because no other similar proposals surfaced in other state legislatures this year.
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