FTC Supplement Settlements Spotlight Bayer, Mark First Hoodia Action
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Bayer "went too far" with weight-loss and -control claims for its One-A-Day WeightSmart product and violated a 1991 sanction the product's previous owner agreed to, the Federal Trade Commission said Jan. 4 when it announced a record $3.2 million fine against the consumer healthcare giant
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