Agreed Chapel
Anyway- I am paying R144 per kg, bag it and label it and sell it for R150- that is pretty stupid in my opinion for someone that is trying to make a quick buck
Madley wrote: Ondier the moment you open the bag, flavour and repack it, it's a new nutritional product according to law and requires clearance and certification. Mixing companies are never responsible, they are too well protected so you carry liability and responsibility. Just some food for thought
Madley I'm gonna take my chances but thanks for the warning. EDIT: And I am not going to flavour it. It is going to be flavoured when I receive it- so just repacking. Seems like when we say it is a supplement and not a medicine, and adding the phrase:
This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. , you are pretty safe.
This is from Boksmart, a guide for Springboks on supplement use:
In 1994, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) essentially gave “free licence” to
anyone to market and sell a variety of products as supplements. As a result there has been an exponential
growth in the local dietary supplement industry, which contributes to sales estimated to be in excess
of $270 billion worldwide to the global economy (56). In 2007, an average total sales of R78.5 million was
reported in South Africa (24). Simultaneously there has also been a global increase in the contamination
of dietary supplements with “banned substances” such as testosterone, benzodiazepines, powerful
diuretics and potent stimulants (1, 31, 36).
Unlike drugs, supplements are not required to prove their efficacy before being marketed or sold and
the industry, both internationally and locally, is poorly regulated. The intention of Good Manufacturing
Practice (GMP) regulations which supplement companies may claim to adhere to, are in fact very general
and open-ended and allow each manufacturer the flexibility to decide on how to implement controls.
Although GMP standards may provide some assurance with regard to documentation of manufacturing
processes, they do not guarantee that the product has been tested for banned substances.
In practice, this means there is only limited control on the production, labelling, importation,
distribution, and marketing of supplements and there is also no system to ensure products are safe and
effective before they are sold. There have been numerous cases of supplements either being incorrectly
labelled, or containing negligible amounts of declared ingredients and may even contain undeclared
ingredients with potential harmful side-effects. There have also been several cases of athletes testing
positive by virtue of having taken supplements and, unfortunately, this has undermined the image of
the whole industry (12, 15, 16, 32).
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The Do’s and Dont’s of Supplements
WHAT IS A SUPPLEMENT ?
The DSHEA defines a dietary supplement as “a product, other than tobacco, which is used in conjunction
with a healthy diet and contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, mineral,
herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by
increasing the total daily intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of
these ingredients and dietary supplements are products that are labelled as a dietary supplement and is
not represented for use as a conventional food or as a sole item of a meal or the diet” (10).
Typically, dietary supplements are available in the form of tablets, capsules, soft gels, liquids, powders
and bars and may include vitamins, minerals, herbals, protein and carbohydrate powders, fat-cutting
remedies, sports bars and drinks or powders, to more specialised products such as amino acids, creatine,
HMB (beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate) and glutamine, either on their own or in combination with
other ingredients.
count me in for a few kg's if it kicks off.. 
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