Supplement GMP Compliance Means Staying On Top Of Reasons For Consumer Doubt
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumers have a new reason to doubt supplement safety “every single day,” says Lisa Thomas, general manager of NSF’s Certified for Sport program. More NSF clients are correcting GMP problems after an initial audit, “a really good thing because nobody likes to tell you to do something and then have to tell you again, especially the FDA,” she says.
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