Filed under: The Food Supply | Tags: minerals vitamins, multivitamin, organic vitamins, safe vitamins
I went shopping at Whole Foods Market for vitamins today. I had heard that Solgar vitamins is a good brand so I was looking at their multi vitamins and I started thinking about imported foods from China and other countries and I wondered if they manufacture these vitamins in the USA, where do they get the ingredients that they are using to make their vitamins?
I looked at the bottle and there was an 800 number for Solgar and I called them. I asked the person who answered if they manufacture their vitamins in the USA and they replied yes. Next, I asked if they get the ingredients from China
to make their vitamins and they replied yes. So, I said that I am disappointed that they are claiming that their products are made in the USA when the ingredients to make them come from China. So, that tells me that they are really only in a way assembling their vitamins here as they are still buying cheap ingredients from China.
We talked about the inspections as they said their ingredients get inspected and I asked them how can they be sure that all of the ingredients are pure when the FDA can’t even monitor everything that is getting into our food supply? I also told them that I am aware of the so-called “inspections” and that a company can have a slip of paper saying they passed an inspection but there are different degrees of inspection. A company can pay for a cheaper (less extensive) inspection or a more expensive (more comprehensive) inspection. There is no regulation on how extensive the inspection has to be.
There are many cases when a factory was inspected and passed and a short time later they produced tainted product. I informed Solgar that I would not be purchasing their products and thanked them for their time. Please, do your homework. If we don’t buy these products and they sit on the stores shelves, maybe they will realize “we the people” do not want to play Russian Roulette with what we are consuming.
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