FDA: Tainted products marketed as dietary supplements potentially dangerous

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Title: FDA: Tainted products marketed as dietary supplements potentially dangerous

FDA: Tainted products marketed as dietary supplements potentially dangerous
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:08:00 -0600

In a letter sent today to dietary supplement manufacturers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expressed concern about undeclared or deceptively labeled ingredients in products marketed as dietary supplements. These substances include the active ingredients in FDA-approved drugs or their analogs (closely-related drugs), or other compounds, such as novel synthetic steroids, that do not qualify as dietary ingredients.

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