Immunity, Weight Loss Supplement Marketers Risk FTC Scrutiny By Ignoring Industry Self-Regulation
Executive Summary
NAD forwards to regulatory agency its concerns about claims by Hypernatural and Letitox Nutrition after they didn’t participate in the industry self-regulation forum. Both firms’ claims were challenged by the Council for Responsible Nutrition as part of a program with NAD it previously supported.
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