A new investigation has come out regarding the possibility of fake supplements in USA, and four of the major retailers in the country, namely GNC, Target, Walgreens and Wal-Mart, have been accused of selling supposed herbal supplements that are in reality any other compost that has nothing to do with the real natural element.
After continuous testing of fake supplements in USA, the New York State attorney general's office has gone after four of the biggest retailers of this sort of product, demanding that they stop selling a good number of their dietary supplements due to the fact that their contents aren't as advertised.
According to CBS News, the investigation is being led by the Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and he's focused on fake supplements in US retail stores mentioned above, as many store brands sell supplements that don't really contain what they claim to; this was discovered when the so-called herbal supplements were subjected to DNA testing.
Web MD reports that some of the particular fake supplements in USA were: the memory-boosting gingko biloba sold by Wal-Mart, which even contained wheat though it was marketed as gluten-free; Walgreen's ginseng pills apparently had a composite of rice and garlic; Target's valerian root had no herbs whatsoever in its composition and instead contained things like powdered legumes, peanuts and soybeans - all of which could trigger allergic reactions.
"Contamination, substitution and falsely labeling herbal products constitute deceptive business practices and, more importantly, present considerable health risks for consumers," read the text of the cease-and-desist letters sent to the four retail stores, according to The New York Times.
Apparently, the worst of the bunch was Walmart: six of their supplements were tested and not one of them contained merely whatever herbs they were supposed to.
Seemingly, the findings regarding fake supplements in USA were so extreme that a Harvard Medical School assistant professor found it hard to accept them.
