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The role of good manufacturing practices for preventing dietary supplement adulteration

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  1. Natural Products Association, 1773 T Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009, USA

    Victoria Whitsitt & Cara Welch

  2. QSD Consulting, 717 Lower Raven Creek Road, Benton, PA, 17814, USA

    Cindy Beehner

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Published in the topical collection Functional Foods and Dietary Supplements with guest editors Melissa M. Phillips and Catherine A. Rimmer.

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Whitsitt, V., Beehner, C. & Welch, C. The role of good manufacturing practices for preventing dietary supplement adulteration. Anal Bioanal Chem 405, 4353–4358 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-012-6663-6

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