GNC agrees to changes to avoid sale of unlawful products
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A woman walked past a GNC store, in Feb. 2015, in New York.
DALLAS » Federal authorities say nutritional supplement retailer GNC Holdings has agreed to alter its practices to avoid selling unlawful dietary products.
In a statement today, the U.S. Justice Department said GNC’s efforts to ensure the legality of products on its shelves are “lacking.”
Pittsburgh-based GNC, the world’s largest dietary supplement retailer, will pay a $2.25 million fine in the agreement with the Justice Department.
Investigators found GNC allowed a misbranded supplement to be sold at its stores in 2013. Authorities say the supplement was made by a Dallas lab that illegally used products manufactured at a Chinese chemical factory.
Operators of the lab are under indictment and awaiting trial.
GNC said in a statement it has taken a leadership role in setting industry standards on quality and compliance.
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“GNC said in a statement it has taken a leadership role in setting industry standards on quality and compliance.”
After getting caught. Leadership roles do not include doing things wrong.
Dietary supplements are the biggest scam after bottled water. P.T. Barnum was right when he said “there’s a sucker born every minute.”