Reminder Of FTC Attention To Supplement Ads: $120 Mil. Seasilver Judgment
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
There is nothing like a judgment of more than $100 million for marketing a "phony cure-all" product to deliver a reminder the Federal Trade Commission pays particularly close attention to supplement ads
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