Reynolds Consumer Products (Hefty Slider Bags)
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Mary K. Engle, Associate Director
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Scammers Banned from Telemarketing, Selling Weight-Loss Products
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The defendants in a scheme that charged Spanish-speaking consumers for unordered or defective products and made it costly or practically impossible for them to get their money back are banned from...
FTC Stops Scammers Who Targeted Spanish-speaking Consumers and Sent Unwanted or Defective Products and Then Refused to Return Consumers’ Money
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal judge has temporarily halted and frozen the assets of an operation that swindled Spanish-speaking consumers across the country by routinely sending...
Mar02
National Consumer Protection Week
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The Federal Trade Commission, in collaboration with 74 federal, state and local agencies, consumer groups, and national organizations, celebrates National Consumer Protection Week, beginning Sunday...
FTC Sends Refund Checks Totaling nearly $6 Million to Consumers Who Bought Dietary Supplements
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An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing 316,716 checks averaging $18.74 each to consumers who purchased acai berry supplements, “colon cleansers,” and other products from...
Internet Marketers of Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills and "Colon Cleansers" to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Advertising and Unfair Billing
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The Federal Trade Commission announced that an operation that marketed acai berry supplements, "colon cleansers," and other products using allegedly fraudulent free trial offers and phony endorsements...
Healthspan Solutions, L.L.C. (BeneVia nutrition drinks)
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Mary K. Engle, Associate Director
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Court Orders Internet Marketers of Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills and "Colon Cleansers" to Stop Deceptive Advertising and Unfair Billing Practices
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has ordered the marketers of acai berry supplements, “colon cleansers,” and other products to temporarily halt an Internet sales...
Nov19
Workshop on Deception in Weight Loss Advertising
The FTC held a workshop to explore alternate approaches to reducing deceptive claims in advertising for weight-loss products. Following up on the issuance of the FTC staff report, Weight-Loss...
Report
Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs What Consumers Stand To Gain and Lose
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Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs What Consumers Stand To Gain and Lose A Public Conference on the Information Consumers Need to Evaluate Weight Loss Products and Programs Report of the...
Oct16
Commerical Weight-Loss Products and Programs
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The FTC, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a public conference...
Business Blog
A warning to marketers about testi-phony-als, including ads falsely claiming a “Shark Tank” connection
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It’s for sure you’ve seen ads like this online and in social media. They use a litany of iffy claims to advertise equally questionable products: “drop the pounds” diet pills, IQ-boosting brain...
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