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return the problem of unregistered dietary supplements was put on the federal agenda, the judicial blocking of iHerb for selling dangerous drugs did not solve the problem; it had followers and imitators. Comparable volumes of dangerous products were found on other sites, including large marketplaces. Unscrupulous sellers do not pay attention to the need to comply with the rules of state registration of dietary supplements; they sell drugs with an inflated content of active ingredients or even with components prohibited in the Russian Federation. About 700 dietary supplements that can be harmful to health were discovered on Wildberries alone. According to experts, the marketplace is the main contender for the segment of the illegal market that iHerb occupied.
The return to the information field of the topic of cleansing the dietary supplement market from dangerous products may indicate imminent regulatory changes, which slowed down with the beginning of the SVO, although they have been in full swing since the beginning of the year. So Roszdravnadzor joined the fight against drug sellers under the guise of dietary supplements, although formally dietary supplements are the domain of Rospotrebnadzor. The problem cannot be solved with legal “crutches”; the online dietary supplement market needs full regulation and appropriate liability for sales in violation of the law.
Dangerous additives: a third of dietary supplements from the network do not meet the requirements
A “gray” market has formed on the Internet for products that have not undergone safety studies and are sold under the guise of dietary supplements. As a study by the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) showed, almost a third of dietary supplements sold online do not meet Russian standards.
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