FTC Takes TruHeight’s Growth Claims Down a Few Pegs
Supplement maker agrees to pay $750K to settle deceptive health claims lawsuit.
March 2015: A federal judge dismissed this action When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. pursuant to the parties’ stipulation of dismissal, the reasons for which have not been disclosed.
May 2014: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Bodacious Food Company for allegedly mislabeling its cookies – including Geraldine’s Italian Wedding Cookies, Geraldine’s Pecan Cini-Mints Cookies, and Geraldine’s Key Lime Cookies – as “all natural” when they actually contain unnatural, synthetic, artificial, and genetically modified ingredients. (Dye et al v. Bodacious Food Company, Case No. 14-cv-80627, S. D. FL.).
Supplement maker agrees to pay $750K to settle deceptive health claims lawsuit.
Settlement comes after TINA.org exposed thousands of deceptive income claims.
TINA.org sheds light on confusing and misleading brightness claims.
Brant James, Ingame
Company becomes the latest to leave the industry.