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The dietary supplement industry's leading trade associations today joined forces with FDA to support heightened efforts to address significant public health problems posed by products that are illegally marketed as dietary supplements but contain the same active ingredients as FDA-approved drugs or other ingredients that do not qualify as dietary ingredients.

The FDA today announced new steps to target harmful products marketed as dietary supplements, including the possiiblity of launching criminal investigations against companies endangering public health.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health authorities Wednesday intensified pressure on makers of dietary supplements, warning individuals or companies marketing "tainted" products that they could face criminal prosecution, among other consequences.

A Consumer Reports investigation finds dangerous supplements being sold in the U.S.

Americans spend more than $26 billion on supplements - vitamins and herbs they hope will keep them healthy, fight disease, and improve memory, among other things. But the makers of dietary supplements don't need to prove their products can do any of those things. A Consumer Reports' investigation reveals companies typically don't even have to prove their supplements are safe.