CRN Grants $500K To NAD For Increased Dietary Supplement Monitoring
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
CRN is committing nearly half a million dollars over a three year period to triple the annual number of dietary supplement cases reviewed by the Council of Better Business Bureaus' National Advertising Division (NAD)
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