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FDA violated First Amendment with refusal to grant health claims
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 28 2010
A federal court has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration's refusal to grant several health claims characterizing the disease-prevention benefits of selenium to reduce the risk of certain cancers violated the First Amendment standards for commercial speech
Diet supplement manufacturer settles false claims suit for $2.5 million
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 22 2010
The maker of the dietary supplement Mega-T has agreed to pay a $2.5 million settlement in a class action suit that accused the company of making false weight loss claims regarding its product line
FTC v. Kellogg, Part II
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 22 2010
For the second time in the last 12 months, the Kellogg Company has agreed to advertising restrictions imposed by the Federal Trade Commission related to health benefit claims made about its food products
FTC seeks comment on mandating ad info
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 18 2010
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on a proposal to compel information from major food and beverage manufacturers, distributors, and marketers for data about the companies' spending and marketing activities targeting children and adolescents
Wrigley settles misleading ad suit for $6m
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 18 2010
For $6 million, the Wrigley gum company has settled a class action lawsuit alleging that it misled consumers by claiming that its Eclipse brand gum and mints were scientifically proven to kill germs that cause bad breath
CARU finds Pop-Tarts are marketed to kids with misleading claims
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 18 2010
In a recent decision, the Children's Advertising Review Unit recommended that Kellogg discontinue certain claims made on its Pop-Tarts packaging, which suggested that the toaster pastries are made with a significant amount of real fruit although the products contain less than 6 percent fruit
FDA warns drug company about sponsored sites
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 7 2010
The Food and Drug Administration's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications issued a warning letter to pharmaceutical company Novartis about two disease-awareness sites sponsored by the company - even though the sites didn't mention the company's drugs by name
WHO recommends ban on marketing certain foods to kids
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- Global
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- June 7 2010
Concerned about increasing obesity rates among children, the World Health Organization outlined new recommendations for the marketing of certain foods, including a ban on marketing sugar-sweetened beverages and high-sodium foods at playgrounds and schools
USDA launches program encouraging “healthy kids”
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- May 18 2010
The United States Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion is seeking educational games and apps as part of its new campaign, "Innovations for Healthy Kids Challenge," which is encouraging kids to eat more fruits and vegetables and decrease their consumption of foods with saturated fats and added sugars
FTC, Florida file suit against company that sold a cure for alcoholism
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- May 18 2010
In conjunction with the Attorney General of Florida, the Federal Trade Commission is suing a company that touted a phony cure for alcoholism and threatened to reveal the customers' drinking problems if they canceled their membership to the service
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