by Joel Rothman | Feb 11, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB) is referring advertising for the dietary supplement Colotox, from Phoenix-based Central Coast Nutraceuticals Inc., to the FDA and FTC for review. Under its National Advertising...
by Joel Rothman | Feb 4, 2009 | NutriSupLaw, trademarks
After an FDA warning letter told True Renewal to either register its products with the agency or change claims on its Web sites, the supplement maker has altered product descriptions. The FDA targeted five products, saying the Web sites claimed the items could be used...
by Joel Rothman | Jan 27, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
In a bizarre response to a citizen petition, the FDA has ruled that “pyridoxamine dihydrochloride or any other compound containing pyridoxamine” are not dietary supplements within the meaning as indicated by DSHEA, specifically Federal Food, Drug, and...
by Joel Rothman | Jan 18, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Back in September we reported on FTC action against companies allegedly selling bogus cancer cures. To read our original post, click here. The FTC press release page on this matter lists the actions and contains links to the case files for each. Among the cases is...
by Joel Rothman | Jan 16, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
A federal district court has ordered the marketers of three dietary supplements (Thermalean, Lipodrene, and Spontane-ES) to pay more than $15 million for deceiving consumers about the products’ safety and effectiveness. The court imposed the final monetary judgment...