Topic: Product Claims

Internet Marketer of Supplements Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
03/19/2010 - The third and final defendant in a case of marketing dietary supplements over the Internet using false and unsubstantiated claims, money laundering and conspiracy, pleaded guilty to the charges and is facing up to 35 years in prison and must pay $17 million to the feds. ...

QAI, NaTrue, Organic Personal Care
03/15/2010 - Quality Assurance International (QAI) and NaTrue, Brussels, Belgium, entered an agreement that allows companies certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 305 in the United States to simultaneously garner NaTrue certification in the EU. ...

FTC and FDA Focus on Immunity Claims
03/12/2010 - WASHINGTON—Representatives from FTC and FDA spoke about their respective approaches to dietary supplement immunity claims at a Mar. 11 Webinar hosted by the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI). Richard Cleland, from the division of advertising practices at FTC, said the agency is concerned about implicit claims made for immunity products, reminding structure function claims such as “boosts immune...

Consumer Union Files Organic Personal Care Complaint
03/12/2010 - Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, and the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting action on the widespread and blatantly deceptive labeling practices of several “organic” personal care brands that do not comply with the National Organic Program (NOP). A copy of the complaint can be found online.    ...

Cognis Submitting Lutein Ester Dossier to EFSA
03/08/2010 - Cognis is submitting an article 13.5 dossier to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with additional scientific evidence on the benefits of lutein esters on eye health. ...

FDA Finds POM Wonderful Less So
03/04/2010 - FDA issued an extensive warning letter to POM Wonderful regarding product claims on its Web site and product labeling, stating the company is making serious health claims that would position its products as unapproved new drugs. ...

NAD Asks Metabolic Research to Stop Stemulite Claims
03/03/2010 - The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus recommended Metabolic Research Inc., discontinue certain claims made for the company’s “Stemulite” dietary supplement ...

FTC Warns Kids’ Omega-3 Supplement Marketers
02/18/2010 - FTC sent letters last month to companies marketing various omega-3 fatty acid supplements cautioning that their product packaging and advertising might be in violation of the FTC Act unless they have scientific evidence to support claims that their products boost, improve, enhance, or support brain and vision function and development in children. ...

EU Lacks Consensus on Glucosamine Claims
02/16/2010 - BRUSSELS—European Union (EU) Member States continue to struggle to define the underlying criteria necessary to support health claim approval, as evidenced by their failure to agree on European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) recent unfavorable opinion on article 14 glucosamine claims. January deliberations in the Standing Committee, on the Food Chain and Animal Health Section on General Law did...