Late July Snacks

DrFuhrman.com Immunotect

From the continuing chronicles of supplements making outrageous claims: DrFuhrman.com pitched its Immunotect dietary supplement with claims that it could attack “cancerous cells” and had “anti-cancer effects.” The Council for…

Pot Ad Regs: Overly Restrictive or Too Lax?

Lawmakers struggle with branding initiatives.

Five Questionable Pot Ads

First comes the legalization, then comes the questionable ad claims.

Matrix Health Products

The FDA cited Matrix Health Products, Inc. for making therapeutic claims that would cause a variety of its products to be deemed drugs. The company’s website makes various claims including…

Can you Pass This GMO Test?

Test your knowledge about GMOs.

Whitewave Foods

Are You Being Fooled by Sugar?

Sugar wars: Who has the right to call an ingredient sugar?

Companies Painting VOCs with Broad Brush

VOC-free claims can be tricky for paint, paint stripper and other products.

Don’t Let Some Ads Get the Best of Your Pet

The market for pet-related products has soared in the past decade.  The American Pet Products Association (APPA) estimates that the industry now generates over $50 billion in sales annually, an…

How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World

Belinda Luscombe, Time

Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?

Anahad O’Connor, New York Times

Ryan’s World Star Ryan Kaji, 8, Named Highest-Earning YouTuber for the Second Year in a Row

Jen Juneau, People

Popular YouTube Toy Review Channel Accused of Blurring Lines for Ads

Tiffany Hsu, New York Times

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2021

Here’s what we accomplished in 2021 with your help.

Amazon Brain Supplements Database

UPDATE: doTerra Distributors Ordered to Pay $15K Each Over COVID Claims

Civil penalties follow a 2022 TINA.org investigation and complaint to the FTC.

Sprout Baby Foods

Allegations: Failing to disclose baby foods contain toxic heavy metals

Tea’s Tea

Allegations: Falsely marketing iced teas as “Slightly Sweet” when they are actually high in sugar

Green & Black’s Dark Chocolate Products

Allegations: Falsely marketing that products contain a specific percentage of cacao (the raw, unprocessed version of cocoa) when the ingredients lists show that the chocolate ingredient in them is cocoa…