Labels Offer FDA Clues To Spiked Supplements, Health Fraud

01 Oct 2013

• By Cathy Dombrowski

Claims that promise too much point FDA to products marketed as supplements that warrant investigation for health fraud, CFSAN’s Corey Hilmas tells USP workshop on economically motivated adulteration.

Some firms marketing products as dietary supplements that are non-compliant with FDA regulations tip their hand with labeling, says Corey Hilmas of FDA’s Division of Dietary Supplement Programs.

“It’s like finding a needle in a haystack sometimes when we’re after tainted supplements,” says Hilmas, chief of the Regulations...