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by negative_zero 1608 days ago
I don't know if this helps you, but in case it does: They are regulated in Australia. Products that conform will have an AUST R or AUST L number on the packaging.

I learnt this at a talk I went to about 10 years ago. At the time, in the speakers opinion (who from memory was involved in surveillance testing of these products), some countries did regulate stuff like vitamin supplements, but Australia was the only country that "did it properly". And a major component of this was that their regulations covered ingredients and the supply chains.

A quick search turned up this article: https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/how-are-vitamins-reg...

Finally, a word of caution given by the speaker: many companies/suppliers try to trick consumers online by selling cheaper versions with identical labelling but no AUST number and shipped directly from overseas so it technically counted as a consumer "importing" on their own. Idk if this loop hole still exists.