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Adding to this some people may not know unlike here in Canada supplements in the US are not regulated. Herein Canada they are treated as a drug and regulated by Health Canada.

There have been recalls of supplements from the US due to contamination or mislabeling (for example, adding stimulants or steroids but not disclosing that). Although supplements here in Canada can still be questionable in quality.



Technically FDA handles supplements and foods too, but they're really too small to handle the volume of this market.




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