Spiked Supplement Notifications Jump In 2015
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The year's total of public notifications about consumer health products spiked with ED ingredients was more than double the number in 2014 and nearly equal to the totals for the previous three years combined, according to FDA records.
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