By Sean Moloughney, Editor11.01.19
Consumers Reports (CR) has published a report that criticized the dietary supplement for being “largely unregulated” and asserted that products like turmeric and Echinacea have not been supported by science or don’t meet label claims.
However, industry representatives pointed to arbitrary analytical standards for testing methods CR carried out and noted supplements are regulated by 25-year old federal legislation that established standards, practices, and definitions.
Of the 16 echinacea and 13 turmeric products CR tested, it claimed to identify “concerns” with more than a third of them, “including elevated levels of lead and bacteria, as well as low levels of key active compounds.”
However, the American Herbal Products Association said CR relied on “arbitrary or internal standards for its analysis, apparently in order to support its preconceived view of herbal supplements.”<
However, industry representatives pointed to arbitrary analytical standards for testing methods CR carried out and noted supplements are regulated by 25-year old federal legislation that established standards, practices, and definitions.
Of the 16 echinacea and 13 turmeric products CR tested, it claimed to identify “concerns” with more than a third of them, “including elevated levels of lead and bacteria, as well as low levels of key active compounds.”
However, the American Herbal Products Association said CR relied on “arbitrary or internal standards for its analysis, apparently in order to support its preconceived view of herbal supplements.”<
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