Tag: FTC
4 Kratom Companies Sent FDA Warning Letters
Silver Spring, MD—On June 30, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters, jointly with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to four...
FTC Orders 21 Companies to Stop Making COVID Claims
FTC has ordered more than 20 marketers to immediately stop making baseless claims that their products and ‘therapies’ can treat or prevent COVID-19, according...
FTC Is Putting Businesses on Notice About Fake, Misleading Endorsements
Washington, D.C.—The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent out a Notice of Penalty Offenses warning more than 700 recipients against using fake reviews and...
FDA, FTC Send Warning Letters to 10 Companies over Diabetes Claims
Washington, D.C.—The FDA and FTC have posted warning letters to 10 companies for illegally selling dietary supplements claiming to cure, treat, mitigate, or prevent...
Bloomberg Op-Ed on Supplement Risk Conveniently Ignores Reality
A recent Op-Ed that appeared in Bloomberg Opinion suggested that FDA’s current caution and risk aversion tied to COVID-19 needed to extend immediately into...
FTC Announces Crackdown on CBD Claims
Washington, D.C.—The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an announcement regarding the first law enforcement crackdown on deceptive claims made by CBD companies. The...
Current and Former Dietary Supplement Regulators to Speak at NPA’s The Big Natural
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that top current and former dietary supplement regulators will be speaking at The Big Natural, taking place...
AHPA Analyzes COVID-19 Warning Letters
Silver Spring, MD—The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has released its analysis of 135 COVID-19 related warning letters that were issued by either the...
FTC Sends 35 More Letters to Companies With Unsubstantiated COVID-19 Claims
Washington, D.C.—The FTC has sent warning letters to 35 more marketers nationwide for making unsubstantiated claims that their products can treat or prevent COVID-19....
FTC Mailing Refund Checks to Consumers who Bought Deceptively Marketed Products
Washington, D.C.—FTC is mailing 22,581 refund checks totaling more than $470,000 to consumers nationwide who bought TrueAloe and AloeCran, sold by NatureCity LLC, because...
