TINA.org Files FTC & FDA Complaints Against Menopause Supplement Brands

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TINA.org Files FTC & FDA Complaints Against Menopause Supplement Brands

An investigation into the menopause supplement industry by consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has revealed a hotbed of deceptive advertising. The ad watchdog has amassed nearly 2,000 examples of problematic health…

Company Outed for Deceptive Marketing of Children’s Supplement

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Company Outed for Deceptive Marketing of Children’s Supplement

A dietary supplement aimed at children with speech delays is being deceptively marketed by NourishLife, LLC, and may be hazardous to children’s health, according to findings by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org). TINA.org,…

Complaint by truthinadvertising.org Prompts Decision Against Children’s Supplement

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Complaint by truthinadvertising.org Prompts Decision Against Children’s Supplement

TINA.org Renews Call for U.S. Regulators to Act MADISON, Conn., June 26, 2013 — After an investigation prompted by a complaint from truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), the Portuguese advertising authority has issued…

Kids’ Dietary Supplement Company Changes Deceptive Marketing

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Kids’ Dietary Supplement Company Changes Deceptive Marketing

Following Investigation and Legal Effort by Ad Watchdog TINA.org MADISON, CT (October 7, 2013) — After ad watchdog TINA.org filed complaints about deceptive advertising, the maker of a dietary supplement…

Kid’s Dietary Supplement Forced To Change Deceptive Ads

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Kid’s Dietary Supplement Forced To Change Deceptive Ads

Aaron Case, Lawyers.com

FTC Complaint Filed Against Maker of Memory Supplement

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FTC Complaint Filed Against Maker of Memory Supplement

 Ad Watchdog Issues Warning to Consumers MADISON, CONN. September 21, 2015 — With an aging baby-boomer population and an estimated 10 million Americans predicted to develop some form of brain…

Advertising of Supplement Targeting Seniors Questioned

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Advertising of Supplement Targeting Seniors Questioned

TINA.org Joins with AARP in Objecting to Move Free Class-Action Settlement MADISON, Conn., March 12, 2015 — More than 46 million people suffer from arthritis, many of them elderly, and…

Memory supplement from jellyfish doesn’t work, FTC says

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Memory supplement from jellyfish doesn’t work, FTC says

Herb Weisbaum, Komo News

A supplement company is using conservative radio to market itself as a coronavirus defense and treatment

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A supplement company is using conservative radio to market itself as a coronavirus defense and treatment

Eric Hananoki, Media Matters

Company Investigated by truthinadvertising.org Comes Under Fire Again

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Company Investigated by truthinadvertising.org Comes Under Fire Again

MADISON, CT., Aug. 15, 2013 — A company investigated by advertising watchdog group truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) is under fire again for deceptive marketing of a children’s supplement. A key advertising self-regulatory…

Truth In Advertising Says “Your Super” Is Running Afoul of FDA; TINA Critiques FDA Regulation of Dietary Supplements

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Truth In Advertising Says “Your Super” Is Running Afoul of FDA; TINA Critiques FDA Regulation of Dietary Supplements

Robert Driscoll, Nancy Felsten, Marc Roth, JD Supra

Court Order Forces Prevagen to Scrub Memory-Improvement Claims

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Court Order Forces Prevagen to Scrub Memory-Improvement Claims

MADISON, CONN. Dec. 12, 2024— In a win for consumers, a court has ordered Quincy Bioscience to stop advertising Prevagen using memory-improvement claims. This follows a near-decade-long campaign by the…

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Objects to Unfair Class Action Settlement

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Ad Watchdog TINA.org Objects to Unfair Class Action Settlement

Lawyers To Pocket $4 Million in Glucosamine Deal MADISON, CONN. Nov. 15, 2017 – Continuing its efforts to fight for settlements that are fair to consumers and mandate real changes…

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Objects to Wellesse® Glucosamine Settlement

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Ad Watchdog TINA.org Objects to Wellesse® Glucosamine Settlement

Demands Real Change to Deceptive Marketing of Popular Supplement MADISON, Conn., Feb. 11, 2015 — Continuing its efforts to fight for settlements that are fair to consumers and mandate real changes…

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Blasts Lipozene’s Fat Burning Claims

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Ad Watchdog TINA.org Blasts Lipozene’s Fat Burning Claims

MADISON, CONN.  April 11, 2016 Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, according to ads for a popular diet supplement, Lipozene. No so fast says ad watchdog, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org). The consumer…

TINA.org Investigation Reveals MLM Industry Rife with Illegal Health Claims

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TINA.org Investigation Reveals MLM Industry Rife with Illegal Health Claims

MADISON, CONN. November 7, 2016 – Calling into question the Direct Selling Association’s commitment to consumer protection, a truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) investigation has revealed that 97 percent of DSA member companies…

Glucosamine Settlement Offers Little Relief According to Ad Watchdog TINA.org

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Glucosamine Settlement Offers Little Relief According to Ad Watchdog TINA.org

Supplement Deceptively Marketed to Consumers Nationwide MADISON, CONN., November 19, 2014 — Three of the nation’s largest retailers, Walmart, Supervalu, and Walgreens, are misleading consumers through the promotion and labeling…

Ad Watchdog Calls Out Broadcast Networks for Airing Deceptive Ads

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Ad Watchdog Calls Out Broadcast Networks for Airing Deceptive Ads

TINA.org Urges Better Screening MADISON, CONN., January 19, 2016 – Consumer advocacy organization, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), has put major broadcast networks on notice regarding deceptive advertising. The ad watchdog alerted ABC,…

Energy Drink Company Exposed by Ad Watchdog TINA.org Settles FTC Pyramid Case

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Energy Drink Company Exposed by Ad Watchdog TINA.org Settles FTC Pyramid Case

MADISON, CONN. December 16, 2016 – Vemma Nutrition, an Arizona-based multi-level marketing (MLM) company that the Federal Trade Commission labeled a pyramid scheme in a lawsuit filed last year, has…

Energy Drink Company Shut Down Amidst Pyramid Scheme Allegations

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Energy Drink Company Shut Down Amidst Pyramid Scheme Allegations

Ad Watchdog’s Investigation Spurs FTC Action MADISON, CONN. August 26, 2015 — Vemma Nutrition, an Arizona-based dietary supplement and energy drink company, was quietly shut down by the Federal Trade…