Opinion: Taking dietary supplements can be harmful
FMN General Store managing partner Derek Tigue holds a bottle of ginseng extract, a dietary supplement, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Randy Hutchinson
Randy Hutchinson is the President and CEO of the BBB of the Mid-South, serving 28 counties in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. He graduated from Western Maryland College and has an MBA from Wilmington College.
The FDA has found hundreds of dietary supplements containing ingredients that weren’t listed on the label.
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