[chrishoney]

The word "manufactured" is interesting.; could for instance, the sale of fenugreek be banned as the seperation of the seeds from the rest of the plant, be deemed manufacture or the drying and grinding, to a powder, of PM be manufacture, but drying it be simply a preparatory step, prior to manufacture; what a Pandora's Box, for lawyers to profit from. I will contact my supplier and, if there seems to be a problem, order as much as they deem it prudent, to store.

You could try buying it in bulk, and filling your own capsules. I bought 200 grams in bulk from Ainterol and it worked out to be half the price (in grams/dollar) of their cheapest capsule deal.

I got a manual capsule filler and 500 gelatin capsules on Amazon for less then thirty dollars. I spent a bit of time last night listening to the CNN coverage of the Japan quake and tsunami and before I knew it I had about 100 capsules done. The first try with the capsule filler was a little tricky and I ended up wasting 2 caps by mistake, but by the fourth go round, I was getting pretty quick and didn't have any duds.

I am a bit of a perfectionist, so I also got a milligram scale (around $30 to $35 from Amazon) to make sure I was packing enough in, but you don't really need it. By packing them well (the filler includes a tamper) I was getting around 505 to 515 mg/capsule--pretty much right on the money and the same as I had been buying for twice the money.

The filler comes with brief instructions, but there are youtube videos of how to use it, and some of the reviews on Amazon have good tips if you get frustrated. If you are looking at long-term PM consumption, this seems like a very cost effective option.

Just a thought in case you need to buy a bunch up front.