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October 23rd, 2015 
Awake Goy 
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals
October 20, 2015
Oregon attorney general Ellen Rosenblum has filed a lawsuit against GNC retailers from knowingly selling products spiked with 2 synthetic chemical drugs.
Based on internal documents, the lawsuit alleges that 22 supplements meant for workout and fat – burning that contains picamilon , a prescription drug developed in 1969 by the All – Union Vitamins Scientific Research Institute in the Soviet Union.
Picamilon is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for sale in the US. Earlier this year, the FDA ruled that picamilon does not fit any of the dietary ingredient categories set forth in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994; specifically that it is not a vitamin, nor a mineral, nor an herb or any other botanical.
Because of this, picamilon has been removed from various supplements manufactured within the US.
GNC has sold an estimated 4,000 products with picamilon contained in them; as well as a synthetic amphetamine chemical known as Beta-methylphenethylamine (BMPEA).
This has led to each product sold as an individual violation of the Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act; along with GNC failing to mention that their products contained BMPEA and picamilon. Each violation carries a maximum penalty of $25,000.
The lawsuit alleges that as far back as 2013, executives at GNC knew BMPEA and picamilon were in the supplements sold, yet continued to keep the products on the shelf.
According to court documents: “GNC sells products obtained from third-party vendors that GNC knows or should know contain unlawful and potentially unsafe ingredients.”
GNC’s prior knowledge of the ingredients of their products is evidenced by the fact that the company reviews and pre – approves all labels, packaging and marketing materials for products sold in the US.
This is not the first time this year GNC has been under fire for selling substandard products.
Back in February, New York Attorney General Eric Schneidermn conducted an investigation into GNC’s herbal supplements because they are not what they claim to be.
Schneiderman sent cease and desist letters to GNC discussing how certain supplements “couldn’t be verified to contain the labeled substance”; and also how contained ingredients are not listed on the outside label.
Shockingly only 20% of store brand herbal supplements showed verifiable DNA evidence that they contained the plants listed on the labels.
When it comes to the supplement industry, many experts are concerned about how much “other” ingredients are added to supplements that could be harmful if consumed.
In 2013, researchers at the University of Guelph (UoG) have released a study claiming that commercial herbal products (CHP) contain many dangerous unlisted ingredients, fillers and cheap alternatives.
Forty-four products from 12 separate corporations were tested . It was determined that 60% of CHP contain plant species not referred to on their labels.
Fillers added to 32% of products tested were:
• Rice
• Soybeans
• Wheat
This poses a problem for persons with allergies and needing gluten-free products.
An estimated 80% of people worldwide use CHPs; including vitamins, mineral and herbal remedies with US manufacturers not required to obtain oversight approval by the FDA.
In the early 1990s, the FDA attempted to regulate supplements and their corporations; however the industry began a massive fear-monger campaign to mobilize their customers to “write Congress now” and “Protect your right to use vitamins and other supplements” to show support for refusing to allow the FDA to have oversight authority.
The response was staggering. More Americans wrote to protest the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990 than protested the Vietnam War.
Paid opposition , Senator Orrin Hatch pushed the Health Freedom Act of 1992 which was an industry way to block the FDA from using health claims as a reason to regulate dietary supplements as drugs.
Commercials paid for by the supplement industry featured police state cops breaking into the home of Mel Gibson in an Orwellian illusion of government coming to take customer’s vitamins from them – if by force when warranted.
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