Do you know where your pills were made?

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sunny
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Do you know where your pills were made?

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This shocking article was in the People's Pharmacy blog yesterday on the sourcing of our meds and I was stunned to read that there are so many sources and it is impossible to determine country of origin!
www.peoplespharmacy.com
look under Home Remedy Q & A , # 9
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Hi Sunny,
Thank you for the informative article.
I was sad to read the following..... a foreign company rarely has a manufacturer listed. It rarely has a lot number, so it is impossible to tell when or where it was made or what batch it belonged to. The discard date is almost always one year from the day it was dispensed. In other words, there is NO expiration date on the label. The discard date is computer generated and has no relationship with the actual expiration date of your pills.
Makes you wonder what does the FDA do for consumers?!

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Loving being in aus and our strict labelling laws right now....

Maybe that's the reason for the hold up in the USA for better labels, orgs such the FDA are not up to ensuring compliance?
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