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BMJ corrects column on MHRA's "traditional herbal registration" (BMJ)

L'Oréal settles FTC charges alleging deceptive advertising for anti-aging cosmetics (FTC)

Cosmetics company L'Oréal USA, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of deceptive advertisingabout its Lancôme Génifique and L'Oréal Paris Youth Code skincare products. According to the FTC's complaint, L'Oréal made false and unsubstantiated claims that its Génifique and Youth Code products provided anti-aging benefits by targeting users' genes.

Producer of drug-spiked products masquerading as dietary supplements sentenced in federal court (FDA)

Nikki Haskell, the owner and chief executive officer of Balanced Health Products (BHP), has been sentenced by a United States magistrate judge in Manhattan federal court to a $60,000 fine for distributing dietary supplements that contained a prescription drug.

District Court enters permanent injunction against California firm for alleged cGMP violations (DOJ)

The Justice Department announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright II of the Central District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against GM Manufacturing Inc. (GMM) and Mao L. Yang, Mary Chen and David Yang on Friday, June 20, 2014, to prevent the distribution of adulterated dietary supplements.
Free online lecture -- Clinically Relevant Herb-Drug Interactions: Past, Present, and Future (NCCAM)

Free online lecture -- Clinically Relevant Herb-Drug Interactions: Past, Present, and Future (NCCAM)

FTC sues marketers of Green Coffee Extract (FTC)

The Federal Trade Commission has sued a Florida-based operation that capitalized on the green coffee diet fad by using bogus weight loss claims and fake news websites to market the dietary supplement Pure Green Coffee. Popularized on the syndicated talk show The Dr. Oz Show, green coffee bean extract was touted as a potent weight loss treatment that supposedly burns fat.

Recent FDA enforcement actions against illegal, tainted products masquerading as dietary

Cleveland Clinic partners with AHPA members Crane Herb and KPC Products

The Cleveland Clinic recently made headlines when it announced that it had opened a Chinese Herbal Therapy Clinic, one of the first hospital-based herbal clinics in the U.S. The clinic relies on two AHPA members, Crane Herb Company and KPC Products, to supply the herbs it provides to patients.

The use of herbal medicine at the Cleveland Clinic (TIME)

Nearly one in five Americans use herbal or other nonvitamin supplements (CDC National Center for Health Statistics)

Nearly one in five Americans use herbal or other nonvitamin supplements (CDC National Center for Health Statistics)

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