GNC To Announce Additional Quality Control Measures For Supplements.

dietary supplement maker GNC is expected to announce Monday that the company has “agreed to institute sweeping new testing procedures that far exceed quality controls mandated under federal law.” The initiative comes just after the office Attorney General of New York accused the company and “three other major retailers of selling herbal supplements that were fraudulent or contaminated with unlisted ingredients that could pose health risks to consumers.” The company will use “advanced DNA testing to authenticate all of the plants that are used in its store-brand herbal supplements,” and will “extensively test the products for common allergens like tree nuts, soy and wheat.” http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/30/gnc-to-strengthen-supplement-quality-controls/?ref=health&_r=0