contaminated and asserted that, despite the high lead levels found in the Consumer Labs tests, its vitamins were manufactured in accordance with "good manufacturing practices." On June 15, 2011, Vitamin Shoppe's Ultimate Woman Gold multivitamin was tested by ConsumerLab.com in their Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplements Review of 38 of the leading multivitamin/multimineral products sold in the U.S. and Canada. This multivitamin passed ConsumerLab's test, which included testing of selected index elements, their ability to disintegrate in solution per United States Pharmacopeia guidelines, lead contamination threshold set in California Proposition 65, and meeting U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeling requirements. References Vitamin Shoppe Company History. Funding Universe New Vitamin Shoppe Leader. New York Times, June 22, 2001 Spinoff is unspun. New York Times, January 17, 2001 External links Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange Companies based in Hudson County, New Jersey Health food stores 2002 mergers and acquisitions American companies established in 1977 Retail companies established in 1977 Food retailers of the United States Nutritional supplement companies of the United States 2009 initial public offerings 2019 mergers and acquisitions Secaucus, New Jersey 1977 establishments in New Jersey