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I nev er yTHRt es t ed,t hepr oduc tc ont ai nedwhat wasc l ai medont hel abel . Howev er ,t hef oods uppl ement ss howedawi de r angeofqual i t y .Whi l s tmanyc ont ai nedhi gh amount soft heher bal i ngr edi entasc l ai med, s ev er al hadnoneatal l . Themanuf ac t ur eofTHRsf al l sunderr egul at i on byt heMedi c i nesandHeal t hc ar ePr oduc t s Regul at or yAut hor i t y( MHRA) ,buther bal f ood s uppl ement sc omeundert her emi toft he FoodSt andar dsAgenc y( FSA)andTr adi ng St andar dsatl oc al aut hor i t yl ev el .Thei r manuf ac t ur ei snotr egul at ed. Headoft heUCLr es ear c ht eam Pr of es s or Mi c hael Hei nr i c hs ai d:" It hi nks omeoft he s uppl i er soff oods uppl ement sar el y i ng.I n ot herc as esIt hi nkt heydon' tk nowwhatt hey ' r e doi ng.Manyoft hebot ani c al dr ugsc omef r om r ar eori nc r eas i ngl yr ar es pec i es ,s oi tmak es per f ec ts ens et ogets omet hi ngc heaper ‌ whi c hhel pst oy ougetabet t erpr i c eatal ower c os t . " Hewar nedc ons umer st hatahi ghpr i c et agwas noguar ant eeofqual i t y . As pok es manf ort heFoods t andar dsAgenc y s ai d:" TheFSAc hampi onst her i ght sof c ons umer sandmi s l eadi ngt hem i nt hi swayi s unac c ept abl e. " Hes ai daher bal f oods uppl ementwoul dbe i nv es t i gat edi fac ompl ai ntwasmadeabouta s pec i f i cpr oduc t ,i fmember soft hepubl i cwer e t of al l i l l asar es ul toft ak i ngt hes epr oduc t s ,ori f ev i denc eofmi s l abel l i ngwer epr ov i ded. Ther es ul t soft het es t shav ebeenpas s edont o t heFSA' sFoodCr i mesUni t .
Backpai ni st hel eadi ngcauseofl ongt er m si cknessi nt heUK,r esponsi bl ef ormor et han 15mi l l i onl ostwor kdaysi n2013.
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