In 2013 Candian researchers used DNA bar coding to test medical herbs that are manufactured by popular brands in Canada and the U.S. What they discovered was that many supplements tested were diluted or substituted by fillers like soybean, wheat, and rice. The study conducted in 2013 prompted the attorney general Eric Schneiderman to start and investigation into supplement labeling fraud. When he sent out the letters of the cease and desist, was the first time a law enforcement agency, rather than the FDA, has threatened with legal action for selling misleading herbal products. But, you know we can’t trust the FDA.
The FDA’s requirements for verifying labels of supplements aren’t enforced, the administration doesn’t always see fraud. Supplements are not required to be reviewed for safety by the FDA before they are sold in stores. Just because the big retailers are not going to sell the herbal supplements doesn’t mean the smaller drugstores are going to stop selling them as well. Because these supplements are presumed safe until they are proven otherwise, it’s like innocent until proven guilty.
Examples:
-Gingko Biloba
-St. John’s wort
-Ginseng
-Garlic
-Echinacea
-Saw palmetto
Sources:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1238617-those-herbal-supplements-youre-taking-are-probably-bogus/
http://www.bustle.com/articles/62138-do-herbal-supplements-work-new-info-shows-that-you-might-want-to-save-your-money
http://crossfitboston.com/supplements-fake-ny/
I only use Sources Natural Wellness formula.