Memo to ASTA Membership on Consumer Reports Testing Methodology
This memo, issued November 17, 2021, and updated December 1, 2021, provides information for the ASTA membership regarding a Consumer Reports article published on November 9, 2021, titled "Your Herbs and Spices Might Contain Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead."
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