• Austin company to forfeit $4.5M for misbranding dietary supplements

    Austin company to forfeit $4.5M for misbranding dietary supplements
    AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Friday, an Austin company pleaded guilty to a three-count information charging it with distributing misbranded dietary supplements. The company was Defyned Brands, also known as 5 Star Nutrition LLC.According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the company acknowledged that from September 2018 to July 2020, it delivered misbranded dietary supplements.“The company specifically admitted that shipments of products known as Epivar, Alpha Shredded and Laxobolic wer

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