1.   He carried name-recognition and a resume that included sponsorship of scores of bills, from patent-law reform to protections on the vitamin industry.

2.   The government is investigating alleged price fixing in the wholesale vitamin industry.

3.   The team reminds readers that no one polices the vitamin supplement industry for truth in labeling.

4.   The U.S. Justice Department is looking into possible antitrust violations in the vitamin manufacturing industry, government and industry officials said.