January 2020: This case was transferred from state court to federal court. Later in the month, the case was voluntarily dismissed, the reasons for which have not been disclosed. (Case No. 20-cv-12, C. D. Cal.)
November 2019: A class-action lawsuit was filed against The Juice Plus+ Company and Natural Alternatives International for allegedly failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions for dietary supplements resulting in consumers being charged without their consent. (Lunsford et al v. The Juice Plus+ Company, LLC and Natural Alternatives International, Inc., Case No. 19-STCV42051, California State Court – Los Angeles)
TINA.org investigated Juice Plus+, a Tennessee-based multilevel marketing company that sells nutritional supplements, and found that the company used unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to market its products and atypical income claims…
Prohibited content slips through the cracks.
Fruit and vegetable supplement MLM continues to violate the law.
Deceptive health and income claims, including some tied to COVID-19, persist in wake of warning from the feds.
We have to make sure we’re not seen as “taking advantage of a crisis situation,” said DSA President Joe Mariano.
