Here is some good advice I received in an email courtesy of Greenberg Traurig partner James R. Prochnow who allowed us to reprint this here.  The advice came in the context of potential reaction from the article by David Epstein and George Dohrmann in Sports Illustrated entitled "What You Don't Know Might Kill You."

There was a ton of buzz this past week about the article by David Epstein and George Dohrmann in Sports Illustrated entitled "What You Don't Know Might Kill You."

This month's Nutritional Outlook magazine features an article by your favorite Nutritional and Dietary Supplement Law blog editor/publisher Joel Rothman.  Entitled "Playing It Safe: Marketers can protect themselves against product adulteration and recalls," the article provides several valuable tips for supplement marketing companies looking to avoid legal and regulatory problems in today's challenging environment.

Get ready for the not-so-kind-and-gentle FDA when it comes to food safety. The agency took abuse from politicians and consumer advocates over its handling of peanut and pistachio contamination earlier this year.

The company says that its product will boost testosterone levels by 10,000%. The plaintiffs says the product is snake oil marked up to $70 a package.

The Food & Drug Administration issued on May 1 a consumer warning to stop using Hydroxycut, the heavily marketed weight-loss product. The agency said that "some Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious liver injuries" and announced that the maker was recalling all products.

  The FDA has just announced a massive recall of the popular weight loss supplement, Hydroxycut. According to the FDA press release dated today, FDA has received 23 reports of serious health problems ranging from jaundice and elevated liver enzymes, an indicator of potential liver injury, to liver damage requiring liver transplant.

The old saying that news travels fast and bad news travels faster could apply to the latest recall of dietary supplements. The Food & Drug Administration found sibutramine in almost three dozen weight-loss products distributed by Universal ABC Beauty Supply International Inc.

The recent recalls of peanuts and pistachios brings to mind public concerns about the safety of all foods, including nutritional supplements. There's good reason to be worried, if a recent report on Chinese slimming capsules is accurate.

Canada.com reports that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has raised concerns over elk antler velvet, a common ingredient used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and many supplement products.