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This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
ConsumerLab.com testing results featured on ABC news program Dec. 15. Report highlighted ConsumerLab's findings with regard to labeling accuracy for chondroitin, SAM-e and ginseng. Herb/drug interactions also were discussed and NNFA Executive Director/CEO David Seckman was interviewed about the group's GMP certification program. The supplement manufacturers and products that failed ConsumerLab's tests were not identified; the network reportedly received strong objections from industry trade groups and companies that questioned ConsumerLab's testing methodology. CRN is exploring a partnership with the Institute for Nutraceutical Advancement and the National Sanitary Foundation to establish a third-party, standardized testing program (1"The Tan Sheet" Sept. 25, 2000, p. 10)