Attorney General

GNC stock price plunges 28% after disappointing Q3 earnings report

30-Oct-2015 By Hank Schultz

GNC’s stock value took a significant hit following the release of disappointing third quarter earnings. The company finds itself between the rock of investigations by state attorneys general and the hard place of a turnaround effort that is proving more...

Recent enforcement trends: state attorneys general target the dietary supplements industry

08-Apr-2015 By By Douglas F. Gansler, Brian P. Kelly and Leslie L. Meredith

Editor’s note: The recent actions of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have changed the enforcement landscape of the dietary supplements industry.  This guest article from former Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler and his colleagues explore...

Updated: CRN, NPA & AHPA respond

AGs from Connecticut, Indiana, and Puerto Rico join NY AG as probe expands

10-Mar-2015 By Stephen Daniells

Attorneys General from Connecticut, Indiana and Puerto Rico have formed a coalition with NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to further investigate the business practices of the herbal supplement industry.

Vitamin Shoppe CEO on ripple effects of NY AG probe: ‘We’ve seen a slight impact, but not a dramatic impact’

24-Feb-2015 By Stephen DANIELLS

Retailers not involved in the NY Attorney General’s investigation into the quality and standard of botanical supplements are also feeling an impact, albeit slight, says Tony Truesdale, CEO of Vitamin Shoppe.

8 key takeaways from the NY AG’s investigation so far

16-Feb-2015 By Stephen Daniells

We are two weeks out from Attorney General Schneiderman’s sending of cease and desist letters to four major retailers, so what do we really know?

NY AG shifts focus & subpoenas retailers on structure-function label claims

12-Feb-2015 By Stephen Daniells

A new twist has developed in the NY AG’s investigation into herbal products as subpoenas have been issued to GNC, Walgreens, Target and Walmart to demand evidence to support the structure-function claims on their labels.

CRN sends formal request to NY AG to release the report, rolls out website info center

11-Feb-2015 By Stephen Daniells

The Council for Responsible Nutrition has sent a formal letter to Attorney General Schneiderman requesting transparency in his investigation of four retailers of herbal supplements.

Retailer responds to NY AG’s investigation

GNC: Tests and re-tests show that ‘products contain the ingredients stated on the labels at the levels indicated on the labels’

10-Feb-2015 By Stephen Daniells

GNC Holdings has responded to the NY Attorney General’s actions with full and robust responses to every question raised in the cease and desist letter, including original test results and the results of retesting that was performed on the product lots...

NY Office of the Attorney General: ‘We will not be publishing the data for peer review. This is part of an ongoing investigation'

04-Feb-2015 By Stephen Daniells

The Office of the Attorney General of New York has defended its testing and choice of researcher to conduct its tests, but will not be releasing its data for peer-review, NutraIngredients-USA can reveal.