Tag: FTC
NPA Urges FDA: Take Action Against Coronavirus Claims
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association urged the FDA to take action against nutritional supplements claiming to treat or prevent infection by the coronavirus, according...
FDA, FTC Post Warning Letter to Rooted Apothecary Over CBD Products, Claims
Silver Spring, MD—FDA and FTC posted a joint warning letter to Rooted Apothecary LLC for illegally selling unapproved products containing cannabidiol (CBD) online with...
FTC Warns More CBD Companies Over Health Claims
Washington, D.C.--The Federal Trade Commission announced that, as part of its regular monitoring of health-related advertising claims, it sent warning letters to three companies...
FTC/FDA Warning Letters Issued to CBD Companies
Washington, DC–Before vacating his office on April 5, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., shared his thoughts on the most efficient pathway to legalize...
FTC Refunds Consumers for Supplements with Fraudulent Claims
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is mailing 16,596 checks, totaling more than $750,000, to consumers who bought NeuroPlus or BioTherapex, two deceptively marketed supplements...
FTC Deceptive Advertising Complaint Settled
Washington, D.C. -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says a network of online marketers and the three people behind it have agreed to settle...
Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Quincy Bioscience
Madison, WI -- Judge Louis Stanton of the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission...
Insights on Advertising Natural Products from The Big Natural
Natural products industry leaders got an update on how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) views advertising claims when Richard Cleland, assistant director of advertising...
FTC Files Charges Against Prevagen, Inc.
Washington, D.C. — Madison, WI-based Quincy Bioscience Holding Co. subsidiary, Prevagen, Inc., which is also doing business as Sugar River Supplements, has been charged...
FTC Issues Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Over-the-Counter Homeopathic Drugs
According to an enforcement policy statement released, by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on November 15, 2016, the FTC will begin to hold over...
