American Dream's Nightmare Ends, But It Doubts NAD Standard For Claims
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Dietary supplement multi-level marketer American Dream says it will comply with NAD's recommendations even though "it disagrees with the standard NAD applied to its claims for its dietary supplement."
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