Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

In addition to collecting federal excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition, TTB is also responsible for assuring compliance with federal tobacco and alcohol labeling and marketing requirements.

Clothing: What Material is Really in Your Closet?

We all know that clothes look better on supermodels than on us.  No news there. But when are clothing ads considered deceptive?  Misleading ads for clothing and textiles come in…

TINA’s Take: Food Makers Should Disclose Animal-Derived Ingredients

TINA.org joins push for more transparency in food labeling.

Plaintiffs Awarded $2.3 Million for Bigelow Made in USA Claim Steeped in Deception

The statement, “Manufactured in the USA 100%,” had appeared on product packaging.

Renewal by Andersen’s ‘Made in USA’ Window Dressing

TINA.org files FTC complaint against company.

Mott’s

TINA.org Files FTC Complaint Against New Balance for Deceptive Made in USA Marketing

MADISON, CONN. September 20, 2021 – According to the latest investigation by consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), New Balance is deceptively marketing some of its athletic shoes as “made in…

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2020

Looking back at 2020.

MLM News Alert

TINA.org’s curated list of MLM info and news of note.

New Balance’s Made in USA Claims

Company’s criteria for labeling shoes “Made in the USA” falls short of the legal standard policing such claims.

Hatfield Pork Products

Animal welfare claims come under fire in recent NAD decision.

ChapStick Moisturizer

Lip balm’s own directions seem to contradict its “8 Hour Moisture” labeling claim.

Content Confusion in an Era of Fake News

Study demonstrates that effectively designed native advertising disclosures can decrease consumer deception.

McDonald’s ‘100% Chicken Breast’ Sandwiches Not Simply the Breast

The culprit: rib meat.

Pathogen Defense, Other APS BioGroup Supplements

Products’ labeling comes under attack.

Sprayway

NAD finds a streak on glass cleaner’s product labeling.

Made in USA Marketing

TINA’s Take: How the Feds Should Be Smarter about Brain Claims

New report finds problematic treatment claims associated with brain supplement products.

Jag Specialty Foods Breadsticks

FTC Prescribes New Standard for Homeopathic Remedy Claims

Agency asserts that marketing claims for over-the-counter homeopathic products are likely misleading.