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February 3

What became the biggest supplements story of the year started in February when the New York Attorney General's Office (NYAG) accuses four large retailers of selling adulterated herbal supplements. The events that unfolded in the following months called into question the safety of botanicals as well as the appropriateness of DNA barcoding, the method of testing used by the NYAG.

Here’s a month-by-month glance at what went down.