The article below, which I will punctuation from, was documented by Donna De La Cruz of the Associated Press, and the (copyrighted) piece appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on Friday, January 5, 2007. The headline of the article reads: (Washington) "Forget Magic Pill, Dieters...Feds Fine Firms For Fake Claims."
Article: Now, that you've indulged in all those trip goodies and made that resolve to cabin pounds, the government says don't count on a fare drug to give support to. The Federal Trade Commission same Thursday (1/4/07), it was fining the marketers of 4 weight-loss tablets companies a corporate $25 a million for untruthful promotion claims. Despite that, the pills Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, One-a-Day, WeightSmart and TrimSpa...will stay behind on the shelves."
MY Two Cents: There's a fall guy born everyday, and dislike the organization allowing these companies to vend their fraudulant products, I cognize near will contunue to be group out there who will heave their medium of exchange distant on these products.
A little instance:
Article: "It is declaration juncture again, isn't it?" same FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras...'We're implementing our document to quarrel vertebrae opposed to companies that use misleading packaging claims.'
Some of the products marketed their claims done infomercials or influential person endorsements. Anna Nicole Smith, for example, has endorsed TrimSpa. 'Testimonials from individuals are not a substitution for science,' Magores aforementioned. 'And that's what American's have to take.'
The FTC investigated a assortment of claims, plus fast weight loss and contraction in the peril of osteoporosis, Alzheimer's and even cancer, Majoras illustrious.
My Two Cents: I saw a concise scrap go terminated AOL (01/07/07) which said that near are products out on the shelf, that a entity can steal spell they sleep and miss weight! The drugs extend organic process patch fast asleep and PRESTO the weight is gone! (yeah, justified)
Article: "The largest fine was levied resistant the trafficker of Xenadrine EFX, made by New Jersey supported Nutraquest, Inc., with authorization celebrated as Cytodyne Technologies. The marketers will pay at tiniest $8 million and as overmuch as $12 million. The vendor was identified as RTC Research and Developers LLC, supported in Manasquan, NJ. Majores said Xenadrine had a survey display that citizens who took a placebo lost more than weight than those winning the drug. The FTC's post-mortem besides found that client endorsers...people who show up in the in the past and the after pictures in tons ads...lost weight by engaging in exact fare and physical exercise programs." A $12 cardinal good was assessed in opposition Window Rock Health Labortories, based in Brea, Calif., the marketers of CortiSlim. Majoris aforementioned CortiSlim unfairly promised that all users would see standing and hurried weight loss, and that it's TV infomercials were 'deceptively formatted' to turn up as articulate shows rather than ads."
Models:
My Two Cents: Why don't they bear out a before and after image of the pocketbooks of the ethnic group who buy this snake-oil? That ought to formulate for some interesting viewing, don't you think?
Article: "The Bayer Corp., will pay a $3.2 million courteous penalization to make your home somewhere the claims, the FTC aforesaid. The FTC aforementioned Bayer marketed One-A-Day WeightSmart next to uncorroborated claims plus that it increases biological process. The marketers of TrimSpa, Goen Techonologies, will pay $1.5 million."
My Two Cents: I saw the box introduce yourself publication of this story, and the press officer aforesaid that the diet weight-loss commercial enterprise is a $1.3 billion a period of time concern and the fines levied hostile these companies amounted to nought much than peanuts!
Question: Who's overseeing the FTC?
I misplaced 40 pounds in the year 2001, and I have not gained it back, and it took me 10 months to do it, too! (See: How I Lost 40 Pounds). At the arrival of 2007, I not moving measure 170 pounds, and I did it all short buying any tricks dust. You know how I did it? With the things that can't be purchased over the antagonistic and you can't get a prescription from your doctor! My happening in losing weight included...discipline; sacrifice; combat off invitation and peer-pressure...and expect what? All of these virtues are internal all of us...and they're FREE!
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