GNC Defeats Magnesium Supplement Concentration Deception Suit

GNC Holdings LLC convinced a federal judge to toss for now a proposed class action alleging it mislabeled the concentration of its Super Magnesium supplement.

The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said the plaintiff hasn’t adequately pleaded that he purchased a defective product, and so lacked standing. The court dismissed the consumer’s suit Feb. 28.

• The plaintiff alleged independent testing showed the supplement serving size only contained 152 mg of magnesium instead of the promised 400 mg
• But the complaint didn’t say when the testing occurred, who conducted it, or what methodology was used, or that ...