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FDA & Dietary Supplements: By the Numbers

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FDA & Dietary Supplements: By the Numbers

Is the FDA doing enough to monitor the supplement industry?

How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements

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How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements

The largest retailer in the world isn’t just turning a blind eye to the deceptive marketing of these products.

Amazon Brain Supplements Database

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Amazon Brain Supplements Database

Between June 2019 and December 2019, TINA.org searched Amazon.com for “brain supplements” and collected more than 100 examples of search results and product pages in which the product had one…

The FDA’s Supplement Problem

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The FDA’s Supplement Problem

Agency attempts to get a handle on $40 billion industry.

Short Memory Lands CVS Brain Supplement in Legal Trouble

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Short Memory Lands CVS Brain Supplement in Legal Trouble

TINA.org finds that the marketing of Algal-900 DHA violates FTC order.

Oversight of Dubious Brain Supplement Products Under Scrutiny

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Oversight of Dubious Brain Supplement Products Under Scrutiny

U.S. Senators question FDA, retailers about supplements.

Children’s Supplement Deceptively Marketed

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Children’s Supplement Deceptively Marketed

Truthinadvertising.org warns company it will take action.

TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

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TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

Truthinadvertising.org alerts federal and state regulators to deceptive marketing.

The Danger of Loosely Regulated Supplements

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The Danger of Loosely Regulated Supplements

How we can protect ourselves from the $40-50 billion supplement industry amid a shrinking government?

Tomo ‘Post-Alcohol Recovery’ Supplement

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Tomo ‘Post-Alcohol Recovery’ Supplement

TINA.org breaks down the legal issues of marketing a “hangover supplement.”

Ad or Not? USA Today ‘Special Supplement’

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Ad or Not? USA Today ‘Special Supplement’

This may not be such an impartial review.

Children’s Supplement Maker Nourishlife Settles FTC Charges

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Children’s Supplement Maker Nourishlife Settles FTC Charges

Advertising of supplement was at center of TINA.org investigation.

Speech Supplement Maker Referred to FTC for Ad Claims

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Speech Supplement Maker Referred to FTC for Ad Claims

Competitor calls out supplement marketer on its claims.

Company Outed for Deceptive Marketing of Children’s Supplement

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Company Outed for Deceptive Marketing of Children’s Supplement

A dietary supplement aimed at children with speech delays is being deceptively marketed by NourishLife, LLC, and may be hazardous to children’s health, according to findings by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org). TINA.org,…

GOLO’s Release Supplement

Class Action

GOLO’s Release Supplement

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing GOLO’s Release supplement

Thinking about Taking a Supplement for Brain Health? Not So Fast

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Thinking about Taking a Supplement for Brain Health? Not So Fast

Brain experts say save your money.

Health Experts Call for More Vigorous Dietary Supplement Oversight

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Health Experts Call for More Vigorous Dietary Supplement Oversight

Tainted products pose serious health risks.

Hard Steel Male Enhancement Supplement

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Hard Steel Male Enhancement Supplement

Be wary of this supplement’s FDA claims.

Benefiber Prebiotic Supplement

Class Action

Benefiber Prebiotic Supplement

In August 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare for allegedly misleadingly advertising Benefiber Prebiotic Supplement as “100% Natural” when, according to plaintiffs, the company uses a…

Nature’s Bounty’s Black Cohosh Dietary Supplement

Class Action

Nature’s Bounty’s Black Cohosh Dietary Supplement

October 2017: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed. 2015: A class-action lawsuit…

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FDA & Dietary Supplements: By the Numbers

How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements

Amazon Brain Supplements Database

The FDA’s Supplement Problem

Short Memory Lands CVS Brain Supplement in Legal Trouble

Oversight of Dubious Brain Supplement Products Under Scrutiny

Children’s Supplement Deceptively Marketed

TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

The Danger of Loosely Regulated Supplements

Tomo ‘Post-Alcohol Recovery’ Supplement

Ad or Not? USA Today ‘Special Supplement’

Children’s Supplement Maker Nourishlife Settles FTC Charges

Speech Supplement Maker Referred to FTC for Ad Claims

Company Outed for Deceptive Marketing of Children’s Supplement

GOLO’s Release Supplement

Thinking about Taking a Supplement for Brain Health? Not So Fast

Health Experts Call for More Vigorous Dietary Supplement Oversight

Hard Steel Male Enhancement Supplement

Benefiber Prebiotic Supplement

Nature’s Bounty’s Black Cohosh Dietary Supplement