You Don’t Tug on Superman’s Cape…
You don’t spit into the wind, You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger And you don’t mess around with Jim. Jim Croce In this case, “Jim” = Judge Robert Gettleman. And he’s none too happy with our good buddy, infomercial scam artiste and all-around shyster Kevin Trudeau. Why? Chicago Breaking News Center Has the details… An angry Gettleman had called Trudeau before him after his e-mail...
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True…
You know the rest of the saying, of course. What amazes me, however, is the number of people who apparently DON’T know it. ‘Take this recent FTC case, against the marketers of “Chinese Green Diet Tea” and the “Bio-Slim Patch,” for example. A federal district court has ordered the marketers of an herbal tea and a diet patch to pay nearly $2 million to the Federal Trade Commission for making...
VMG Global Guilty of Selling Steroid-Spiked Supps
The company actually got off pretty easily: a $500,000 fine vs. $5.6 million in revenue.
Airport Food May Be Hazardous To Your Health
And I don’t mean from a nutritional perspective, either… A recent investigation by USA Today came up with some pretty disturbing findings. Airport restaurants packed with holiday travelers have been cited in the past year for hundreds of food safety violations, local health department reports show. A USA TODAY review of inspection records for nearly 800 restaurants at 10 airports found items such as tuna salad and turkey...
Taiwan Considering Junk Food Tax
According to the China Post… The Bureau of Health Promotion (BHP) is drafting a bill to charge special tax on food that are considered unhealthy, such as sugary drinks, candies, cakes, oily fast food, and alcohol.According to the BHP Director General Shu Ti-chiou, the proposal aims to promote a healthier eating habit. …The BHP is expecting the Legislative Yuan to approve it by the end of next year and to enact the tariff...
USADA Launches “Supplement Safety Now” Site
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has a new site dedicated to its latest crusade: getting supplements containing “designer steroids” and illegal stimulants off the market. Called “Supplement Safety Now,” the organization (a non-governmental agency responsible for implementing the World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines in the US), is currently lobbying Congress for substantial changes in how the FDA regulates dietary...
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