Supplement industry investment in safety will lower risk of liability -- attorneys.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
SUPPLEMENT INDUSTRY INVESTMENT IN PRODUCT SAFETY DATA would help reduce risk of product liability lawsuits, James Prochnow, an attorney with the Denver-based office of Patton Boggs, told the Natural Products Expo East held Oct. 18-21 in Baltimore, Md. Prochnow and attorney Scott Bass, of the New York City-based firm Piper & Marbury, explained how dietary supplement companies working within the confines of the Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act can lower the likelihood of product liability lawsuits by creating a bank of information on the safety of their products.
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