Enforma To Cease Deceptive Weight Loss Claims, Pay $10 Mil. -FTC
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Enforma Natural Products settles Federal Trade Commission charges that it made false and unsubstantiated weight loss claims in an infomercial and on the Internet, without admitting a violation of law, the agency announces April 26.
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