The Crackdown Continues on Dietary Supplement Mislabeling and False Advertising: GNC Slapped With Proposed Nationwide Class Action

Recently GNC Holdings, Inc. (“GNC”) was hit with a proposed nationwide class action alleging that GNC deceptively labeled its own brand of ginko biloba supplements. See Wright v. GNC Holdings, Inc., Case No. 2:15-cv-00566-WB (E.D. Penn. February 5, 2015). The complaint was filed just three days after the New York Attorney General’s office sent GNC a cease and desist letter demanding GNC immediately stop the sale of five “Herbal Plus” dietary supplements, after tests conducted by the AG’s office determined that no plant DNA was identified in the products. 

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