Where Did the Clenbuterol Come From?
According to this Orange County Register review of the case, it’s a mystery… World-record-setting swimmer Jessica Hardy kept a decidedly low profile in the months after a positive drug test knocked her out of the 2008 Olympic Games. Neither Hardy nor her family spoke publicly about the case in which the Orange native was banned from competing for two years after testing positive for clenbuterol. Which is why Hardy said she...
FDA To Destroy Seized LG Sciences Products
The article speaks for itself… FDA has received a consent decree from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, to destroy prohormone products worth $1.3 million. The decree included more than 23,300 bottles of three products distributed by LG Sciences LLC, of Brighton, Mich., marketed for use by body builders and distributed on the Web and at retail under the names “Methyl 1-D,” “Methyl...
Toothless Measures
I’ve discussed regulatory issues briefly before, although I might as well put my own feelings out here, for the record: I am firmly against regulatory measures that would pull supplement compounds off the market until they can pass through some sort of draconian, bureaucratic testing/review process to prove they’re 1,000,000.995% safe and wholesome. I am, however, perfectly amenable to holding manufacturers/retailers...
A Taxing Issue
An editorial published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine lays out the “Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages.” The piece, by Kelly Brownell, Ph.D. and Thomas Friedan, M.D., M.P.H. makes several salient points: Sugared beverages are marketed extensively to children and adolescents, and in the mid-1990s, children’s intake of sugared beverages surpassed that of milk. In the past decade, per...
QVC to Pay 7.5 Million Fine for Deceptive Supplement Claims
Another FTC action against unsubstantiated claims… “QVC aired ads that weren’t true and violated an FTC order,” said Eileen Harrington, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “Simply put, we aren’t going to let QVC get away with this. The company is responsible for the product claims made on its programs, and we expect that going forward, QVC will do a better job for its audience and make sure that its...
FTC Nails Another Deceptive Supp Marketer
Wow. Just wow. I just got through eyeballing the FTC complaint against Roex, Inc. – a dietary supp marketer charged with making false and misleading advertising claims. They’re being fined $3 million, but, in my opinion, they could have doubled it, and it still wouldn’t have been enough. From the FTC’s press release: Marketers of dietary supplements and health-related devices have agreed to pay $3 million in...
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