Dietary supplements are zealously regulated by multiple federal agencies in order to ensure products are safe and that product labels are truthful and accurate. Claims that dietary supplements are unregulated completely overlook the extensive regulatory framework that governs the industry, and ignore the industry’s lengthy record of safety and benefit to consumers. In 1994, Congress […]
They’re trying to set a dangerous new precedent, but you can stop it. Urgent Action Alert! The Federal Trade Commission has charged i-Health (the consumer supplement division of DSM, a Dutch-based multinational life sciences company) and Martek Biosciences Company with false advertising. The companies, which recently merged as DSM Nutritional Products, had been claiming that their Omega-3 […]
Whew! We won’t soon forget the all-night conference committee meeting in which Waxman tried to slip in an anti-supplement amendment written so that even a lawyer could not understand it.
State licensing boards are trying to prevent unlicensed citizens from even talking about certain subjects. Here are some of the latest gag orders.
The evidence seems clear that the Washington State Medical Board is trying to do just that!
Our exclusive report reveals government surveillance, what appear to be undercover sting operations, and investigations into the alleged crime of “practicing nutrition without a license.” Action Alerts!
Food company POM Wonderful’s battle with the FTC ends (for now) with the agency making up its own law and quashing free speech. Action Alert!
A recent legal analysis of the Label GMO initiative has found that it would not in fact spawn frivolous lawsuits the way Prop 65 has.
Court tells FTC to stop censoring truthful science that food product has health benefits.
That’s what genetic engineering advocates claim. But science (and a shocking number of developing-world suicides) debunk this myth.