FDA Warning, Not Tariffs, Stop Canadian Supplement Firm 'Drug' Exports To US

Bill Beauty and Health Products, provider of the Bill Natural Sources supplements line and of contract manufacturing for other supplement marketers, informed FDA that it won't ship to the US its supplements that an agency inspection showed are not up to drug specs.

An FDA warning letter to for a Canadian dietary supplement manufacturer won't rise to the same level of controversy as the Trump administration's tariffs on some imports from the country, but the firm no longer is exporting some of its products to the US.

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