FDA Seizes Contaminated Ginseng From New Jersey Firm
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA is issuing a national warning to consumers who may have used supplements containing fungicide-contaminated ginseng from Livingston, N.J.-based supplier FCC Products
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