Business, Employment and Real Estate Law in Ohio » Business, Employment and Real Estate in Ohio http://ryanrivchun.com The legal blog of Ryan Rivchun on business, employment and real estate in Ohio Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 FDA and FTC are cracking down on claims for nutritional supplements http://ryanrivchun.com/2009/10/fda-and-ftc-are-cracking-down-on-claims-for-nutritional-supplements/ http://ryanrivchun.com/2009/10/fda-and-ftc-are-cracking-down-on-claims-for-nutritional-supplements/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:03:36 +0000 Ryan Rivchun http://ryanrivchun.com/?p=229 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have indicated they are stepping up enforcement of claims made by manufacturers and distributors of nutritional supplements to make sure that their claims are supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence.

On October 15, 2009, the FDA and FTC jointly issued a letter to a business marketing an “Immune Support Formula” and ordered the business to
“immediately cease marketing unapproved, uncleared, or unauthorized products for the diagnosis, mitigation, prevention, treatment, or cure of the H1N1 Flu Virus.”

The letter also states that the  “FTC staff strongly urge you to review all claims for your products and ensure that those claims are supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence.”

The letter gave examples of various claims that FTC and FDA believe are contrary to federal law. This letter is an example of the current position of the FTC and FDA with respect to claims made about nutritional supplements. This will also help business understand the current position of the FTC with respect to consumer products.

This has been picked up by various publications including NPR

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