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North American Reishi Ltd (Nammex) announced the findings from a survey commissioned by the company involving 10,000 people in the U.S. Respondents were questioned about mushroom terminology.

Read up on the latest challenges and debates as the functional mushroom supplement category booms.

Nammex has filed a Citizen Petition with the Food and Drug Administration requesting that the agency "address the mislabeling of dietary supplements and functional foods as 'mushroom' or containing 'mushrooms' when they contain other fungal parts, and do not contain 'mushrooms' as claimed, or fail to disclose added grain ingredients."  

Following news earlier in April that multiple supplements sold on Amazon are impersonating the NOW brand, as well a second prominent industry supplement brand, another report of counterfeit products has been issued. Fungi Perfecti reported the discovery of multiple unauthorized accounts on Amazon.com selling counterfeit products using the brand name Host Defense Mushrooms.