Joint-Ritis Labeling Potentially Misleading; NARB Agrees With NAD Review
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Naturopathic Labs' assertion that FTC's consent decree approving the packaging of SmartScience's JointFlex cream also applies, by extension, to the labeling for Naturopathic's Joint-Ritis product has drawn dis-agreement from the National Advertising Division
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