If we were to believe modern repor...

If we were to believe modern reports by the national media, one dietary supplements could be contaminated with mad overawe disease. These articles are alarmist and, in many cases, "factually inaccurate," according to the health fodder industry's trade association, the National Nutritional viandss Association (NNFA).

Of particular interest are dietary add tos containing animal parts, such as dried and turf thymus gland or brain tissue, which are marketed to support the function of the tissues they be derived from. Since the early '90 the couple the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the nutriment and Drug Administration (FDA) have alerted fill up manufacturers to potential contamination at bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad discourage disease. This past January, the FDA released an alert concerning BSE to manufacturers of cosmetic and dietary postscript products.

"The member companies we talked to do not purchase high-risk bovine tissue from any of the countries identified on the USDA or FDA as being sources of BSE" says Phil Harvey, PhD NNFA's director of science and quality assurance, and adhere to strict standards, referr to as well adapted manufacturing practices (GMP), which verify, among other things, cleanliness, equipment maintenance and receiving of raw materials.

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