DOJ Files Civil Complaint Against Dietary Supplement Maker

The Department of Justice brought enforcement action against a dietary supplement company over alleged safety issues and unlawful disease claims, as the department faces pressure from a bipartisan duo of senators to more aggressively enforce FDA's supplement requirements. On Friday (July 10), Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced that DOJ had filed a civil complaint against Iowa Select Herbs LLC. Gordon Freeman, president and CEO, and Lois Dotterweich, a partial...