Can you trust what’s in your dietary supplement?
In an investigative report aired on March 18, Dateline NBC focused on an issue in the dietary supplement industry known as “dry labbing,” which involves companies hiring an unethical laboratory to fabricate documentation of analytical testing of a product without performing any testing.
The law requires that all dietary supplement products contain exactly what is stated on the label. Label claims must be supported with analytical data. The fraudulent practice of dry labbing not only violates the law, but is also dangerous because it may result in adverse events if a product contains unsafe levels of an ingredient. Continue reading




