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Rhode Island Senate Looks to Pass Legislation to Move Wellness Supplements Behind the Counter

Unlike OTC medicines, beauty and health vitamins would have a change in retail merchandising.

The Rhode Island State Senate is quickly advancing through the chamber S. 2613, which prohibits wellness and dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandates that only retail clerks may have access. While the bill does not regulate internet sales of dietary supplements in Rhode Island, it requires brick and mortar retailers to post a warning sign at each purchase counter. Failure to comply with this legislation would result in a fine of up to $2,000 for each infrac...

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