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Manufacturing Supplements In A Volatile Atmosphere
“I was asked by some colleagues to write articles for this industry, and I could not be more excited
to express my strong interest in an open discussion on difficult topics and government notoriety.”
James Morrissette
My name is James Morrissette. I am the CEO of a technical,
GMP compliant facility in the State of Florida, where
we manufacture high quality, safe, consumable products
under strict regulatory guidelines. We are a true high-end
manufacturer and focus on the highest of quality standards,
safety, and the development of new supplement products that
are unique to the marketplace.
The dietary supplement industry is lacking in regulation;
therefore, poor pricing and the lack of product safety is an
unfortunate result. As legitimate and actual supplement
manufacturers, it is our true belief that paying a higher
market price delivers a safer, more effective product. Safety
always comes at a cost to the public, but it can be made
affordable through proper regulation and competition
between manufacturers.
We cannot live without safety, otherwise, we live in danger.
Understanding GMP manufacturing can be a lifetime of
learning, but it delivers us all in the US to fear nothing in
licensed grocery or retail stores and leaves us with options for
damages caused by non-compliance.
Our current facilities have well over 60,000 sq/ft for
consumable manufacturing which has been inspected by the
FDA and successfully deemed compliant. We manufacture
supplements for the alternative lifestyle product industry, or
“The Wild West”! Regulation here? Let us pray! The demand
for natural products is taking this market by storm. Maybe it’s
the heavy pressure being put on the legalization of marijuana,
or it could be the high demand for our personal choices of selfhelp products. In either case, the pharmaceutical industry’s
corruption has successfully consummated solutions for people
who are tired of the multiple known and unknown underlying
issues. These pharma Companies are constantly gambling
on US lives for financial success. The result is an exploding
supplement market providing alternative solutions.
I am frustrated in my experiences as a medium-sized company
that follows the law. Underlying corruption and legal issues
lend themselves to lobbied officials that influence the results.
These results are ones that are not based on facts, research,
or documented experiences, but are based more on the
presentation, propaganda, and creative approaches from
uneducated activists needing a cause but not understanding
the cause they represent. Parents with children who have
overdosed are made to believe that it is the supplements and
not the pharmaceuticals that killed their children. No parent
wishes to admit that their child was an addict, and they
address the Committee with a broken heart and pictures and
memories of lost loved ones. The Committee often responds
out of emotion, which then results with the benign product
becoming illegal, which clearly does not address the root cause.
Let’s not lose site of the facts above, not to mention that
people are not dying from supplements. Then why do we
need to defend them daily? Our people are dying from
pharmaceuticals and illegal fentanyl that pours into
our open boarder daily. Why is our boarder open
and costing us lives and money daily? Maybe
it’s the corruption and premature interjection
of so many pharmaceuticals and the giant
immeasurable amounts of money generated by
their success. The system needs
more cooperation from our
government. They need to be
held accountable and limited
in their influence over and
interaction with the FDA.
Its ripe for corruption and
we will not see a solution
until supplements have a
better and more accurate
system by which to be
measured and regulated.
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