Fw: Nature Made brand of supplements

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" Patricia Ruggiero " <ruggierop

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Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:04 PM

FW: Nature Made brand of supplements

 

 

I don't use this brand, but I had reason to browse their website. As with

Cabot dairy and many other products, the consumer " information " is

remarkable for all the things it *doesn't* say. So I asked. And got the

following reply (appended below).

 

How can we know that their quality control methods are as rigorous as the

company claims?

 

Note, too, the use of a GM ingredient. Not exactly, um, " nature made. "

 

Pat

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November 8, 2007

ruggierop

Alfred Carr, Consumer Affairs Department

Reference #250717

 

Dear Patricia Ruggiero:

 

We recently received your e-mail regarding Nature Made products. We

appreciate your question concerning whether any of the ingredients in these

supplements come from China.

 

Nature Made sources ingredients from suppliers around the world including

Asia and the Americas. Some of our products may contain ingredients sourced

from China. Since ingredient sources can change from time to time, we are

unable to specify their country of origin. We also cannot indicate whether

or not a product we manufacture contains ingredient(s) from a particular

country. We personally visit and inspect all new suppliers and only partner

with those that meet our best-in-class standards. Once approved, the

facilities are regularly audited for quality assurance. We are proud to

source ingredients only from highly respected suppliers.

 

In addition, after being received at our manufacturing facilities here in

the USA, raw materials are immediately quarantined, sampled, tested,

approved and properly tagged for tracking throughout the manufacturing

process. This process ensures that only safe and high-quality products are

released. Rigorous testing is performed throughout the manufacturing process

to ensure products of the highest quality. Our Quality Control laboratory,

one of the most advanced in the country, performs more than 300 tests daily.

All of our ingredients and our water supply are routinely tested for harmful

contaminants before use.

 

Finally, Nature Made products are made to stringent Good Manufacturing

Practice standards set by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) to ensure our

products are safe and of high quality. Consumer Safety is our number one

concern.

 

The Modified Food Starch is made from GMO corn. We hope this addresses your

issues and concerns. If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to

ask.

 

We thank you for contacting us and hope that you will continue to use and

enjoy Nature Made products with complete confidence.

 

Sincerely,

 

Alfred Carr

Consumer Affairs Representative

Pharmavite, LLC

AC:250717-07