Is Whole Foods Market now the de facto quality standard for nutrition?

In December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a crackdown on the supplements industry to rid the market of products spiked with steroids and prescription drugs. The agency enlisted the support of five trade associations for the initiative, a move viewed by many insiders as tacit admission by the government that bad acting in the supplements industry has become too big a problem for the agency alone to handle. The thinking goes that Uncle Sam needs help policing adulterated supplements, and who better to proffer that help than leading voices from within the industry....