Health and Fitness

FTC Action Temporarily Halts Operation that Allegedly Used Fake News Sites to Make Deceptive Claims about Acai Berry Weight-Loss Products

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. As part of its ongoing crackdown on deceptive health claims, the Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaintjointly with the State of Connecticut, seeking to permanently stop a Connecticut-based operation that allegedly used fake news websites to promote their products, made deceptive weight-loss claims, and told consumers they could receive free trials of acai berry and “colon cleanse” products, and only have to pay the nominal cost of shipping and…

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