The Federal Trade Commission fined a collective $25 million to the marketers of 4 weight loss pills for making false advertising claims ranging from rapid weight loss to reducing the risk of cancer. Fines were levied on marketers of One A Day Weight Smart, Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim and TrimSpa.
The products will remain on store shelves, but the companies will have to stop advertising the false claims. The companies were making a variety of claims like rapid weight loss and reduction in osteoporosis risk, cancer and Alzheimer’s. Some of the products marketed their claims through celebrity endorsements or infomercials. For instance, Anna Nicole Smith, endorsed TrimSpa.
The fines could be returned to consumers who have been decieved by false claims. People who purchased Xenadrine EFX and CortiSlim directly from the marketers will be contacted by the FTC for money back. Whereas, those who bought over the counter will have to wait for a few months to put up a public notice on its Web site describing how to get back the money.
The message is clear people – if any pill sounds too good to be true, it probably is. So stay off from it !!!
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It is a shame that it is hard for consumers to be able to trust companies to give them the correct information.
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It is aweful that these companies make promises to lure in consumers and then their product doesn’t deliver.
This is happening with Hoodia as well now. Lots of fakers out there. For more information on what products, including Hoodia, are the real deal and what ones are fake, check out: