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"All the News not fit to eat"
Two Maine Dietary Supplement Marketers Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Complaints
Pinnacle Marketing, LLC ("Ultra Carb")
They marketed a purported weight loss system called "Ultra Carb" consisting of two tablets: a "carb blocker" with white kidney bean extract, chromium picolinate, and other ingredients; and a "fat blocker" with chitosan. The complaint alleges that the defendants made false and unsubstantiated weight loss claims for Ultra Carb, including false claims that Ultra Carb causes substantial weight loss by blocking the absorption of fat, and causes quick and substantial weight loss without diet or exercise.
VisionTel Communications, LLC - Chito-Trim and # TurboTone
The order requires the defendants to pay $750,000 in consumer redress or disgorgement. The order also contains a $35 million "avalanche clause" that would make this amount due immediately if a court finds that the defendants misrepresented their financial condition.
Cellasene
Is this little red pill all you need to bannish cellulite forever?
- It must be true, it's recommended by an Italian chemist, hundreds of thousands of
battered Australian housewives, hundreds of sleazy pharmacists, it's sold at most
Shoppers Drug Mart and Zehr's,
and advertised in the New York Times. DUH!
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit
in federal district court charging Rexall Sundown, Inc. with making false
and unsubstantiated claims while marketing its dietary supplement, Cellasene,
as a purported cellulite treatment. In its advertisements, Rexall Sundown
made statements such as, "Unlike massages and creams, Cellasene works from
within, nutritionally, to help eliminate cellulite at its source.
FDA banned PPA (Phenylpropanolamine)
Widely used as a nasal decongestant (in over-the-counter and prescription drug products) and
for weight control (in over-the-counter drug products.)
Weider Nutrition Agrees to Settle FTC Charges
of Unsubstantiated Claims for Herbal Dietary Supplements Weider Nutrition International, Inc.,
based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that
it made unsubstantiated efficacy and safety claims in its advertisements for dietary supplement
products called "PhenCal" and "PhenCal 106." The ads claim that PhenCal and PhenCal 106
(collectively, "PhenCal") were proven to cause weight loss and to prevent the regaining
of lost weight.
Dietary supplement maker fined millions
and sent to jail for 21 months for lying to FDA -
James R. Cameron was convicted for the manufacture of the supplement, known as Formula One, without
disclosing on its label, as required by law, that its ingredients included pharmaceutical grade
drugs. The Chemins Company, which was also fined $2,325,000, had falsely claimed that Formula One
was an "All Natural Nutritional Supplement."
Marketers of Various Dietary Supplements Settle FTC Charges
that they made unsubstantiated claims that their products could cure ADHD
Efamol Nutraceuticals, Inc.,
and J & R Research, Inc., two companies that market and sell dietary supplements
that claim to mitigate or cure the effects of Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission
charges that the claims for their products were unsubstantiated. Their site,
Efamol's web site
found in archive.org still contains reference to ADD and ADHD.
FTC says promotions for kids' dietary supplements leave sour taste
"We're very concerned about how some of these products are being portrayed in
advertisements," says Jodie Bernstein, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer
Protection. "There are many worrisome unfounded claims. A lot of these products
have not been proven to provide any benefit and in some cases, may even present safety risks."
Marketers of "Vitamin O" Settles FTC Charges of Making False Health Claims
Two Washington-based companies and the individual who controls them have agreed
to pay $375,000 in redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they
made false and unsubstantiated health claims in their advertising for a purported
nutritional supplement called "Vitamin O." The defendants' ads claimed that
"Vitamin O" could treat or prevent serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease,
and lung disease by enriching the bloodstream with supplemental oxygen.
FTC fines Enforma $10 million
The marketers of "Fat Trapper" and "Exercise In A Bottle" have settled FTC charges
that they made false and unsubstantiated weight loss claims in their advertising
of "The Enforma System." So Steve Garvey,
what are you doing after the game show today?
Study shows cardiac ultrasounds normal in fen-phen users
(HealthSCOUT) -- People who took the controversial diet drug combination fen-phen
don't appear to have any more heart valve disease than people who never took the
pills, researchers report today.
The Home Shopping Network gets stung by FTC
Home Shopping Network (HSN), the TV retailer that reaches more than 70 million
households, has agreed to settle Federal TradeCommission charges that it aired
advertisements for a variety of skin care, weight-loss, and PMS/menopause products
containing claims it could not substantiate, in violation of a 1996 FTC order.
Chatelaine Magazine's new look
boosts nutritional medical quackery to new lows. Three M.D.'s ply their trade of
homeopathy, natural progesterone, and chromium on the unsuspecting public.
No warnings, no disclaimers, and a phone link to their
quack filled association are provided by Chatelaine, who has absolute responsibility
for spreading this crap to the public.
Diet-pill manufacturer to pay $8 million fine
WASHINGTON - (July 20, 1999)
A company that claimed its pills could "blast" pounds off consumers without any
exercise or dieting must pay more than $8 million in redress, the Federal Trade
Commission announced Monday.
The FTC had charged SlimAmerica, Inc., and its principals with deceptive advertising
of their Super-Formula diet product, which was billed as "New Triple Medical
Breakthrough." Ads for the products ran in magazines -- such as Ladies Home Journal
and Cosmopolitan -- in newspapers, and on the Internet.
According to the commission, the company falsely claimed that a three-pill combination
- Slim Again, Absorbit-All and Absorbit-All Plus - could rid consumers of up to 49
pounds in 29 days, take five inches off their waistlines and trim another three
inches from their thighs.
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