
DOJ Orders doTerra Distributors to Pay $15,000 Each after TINA.org Complaint
Complaints against additional distributors who hosted COVID webinars may be forthcoming.
December 2015: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed.
March 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Wedderspoon Organic, Inc. for allegedly deceptively marketing mañuka honey products, including Wedderspoon Gold 100% Raw Organic Mañuka Honey and Wedderspoon 100% Raw Mañuka Honey. Specifically, plaintiffs claim that the company deceptively uses “16+” or “12+” mañuka activity ratings to make consumers believe that its honeys have the same level of antibacterial activity as UMF® “16+” or “12+” honeys when, according to the complaint, the Wedderspoon honey’s antibacterial activity level is not the same as UMF® honeys. (UMF® honeys are New Zealand mañuka honeys licensed by the Unique Mañuka Factor® Honey Association.) (Kong et al v. SWCC USA 1234, LLC (formerly known as Wedderspoon Organic USA, LLC) and Wedderspoon Organic, Inc., Case No. 15-cv-1635, E. D. NY.)
Complaints against additional distributors who hosted COVID webinars may be forthcoming.
TINA.org files comment in support of applying rule to direct selling industry.
Even celebs have FOMO
Don’t Be Like Mike and get an FDA/FTC warning letter regarding COVID claims.
U.S.-origin claims questioned after consumer receives box labeled ‘Made in Vietnam.’