Following up on a post from June 30, the question of consumer confidence in nutritional supplements arises again. The Times-Herald reports that many supplements have quality problems. No one knows just how many of 40,000 products underdeliver on the goods listed their labels and over-deliver on unlisted, harmful ingredients and contaminants. “I believe that the problem is narrow, that the well-established and reputable brands deserve their reputations,” Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association, tells the paper that serves the Hudson Valley of New York.

The company says that its product will boost testosterone levels by 10,000%. The plaintiffs says the product is snake oil marked up to $70 a package. So begins a class-action lawsuit filed in California superior court May 6. The suit says that Musclemeds makes false advertising claims about Arimatest and that the product creates a [...]

Berkeley Nutriceuticals, the maker of “natural male enhancement” supplement Enzyte, has agreed to settle an unfair and deceptive trade practices suit for $4.7m, with about 1/3 of that going to the lawyers. To read the article, click here. The civil suit being settled stems from the same unfair and deceptive trade practices implicated the FTC’s [...]