Todd, Health food stores are far from honest, they jump on any and all fads.

I have been involved in the ginseng industry for many years and have seen
some very shady products sold as ginseng that contain little or know ginseng,
eg. most powdered
pills, and the ginseng contained in these are the crumbs and waste crap at
the bottom of the barrels, good quality root is in demand !. Pesticides and
fungisides can be in high levels , extracts are made from the worst crap out
there
and are not controlled by any one.
Again if you are serious about trying sang , buy the root and if you want to
make these pills or extracts make them your self, to be safe.

Bruce BSMGinseng