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FTC Actions Against Supplement Marketers

FTC actions against supplement marketers for deceptive health claims.

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Jan 16, 2026
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Have regulators (FTC/FDA) taken action against similar viral supplement scams and what were the outcomes?

Regulators have repeatedly moved against viral supplement scams: the FTC has sued, sent cease‑and‑desist letters, and won refunds or settlements, while the FDA has issued warning letters and worked wi...

Jan 9, 2026
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Which consumer protections and refund strategies work best against long‑form weight‑loss sales funnels?

Long-form weight-loss sales funnels exploit urgency, fake testimonials and hidden subscription fine print to extract recurring payments; the best defenses combine statutory consumer protections (adver...

Jan 19, 2026

What legal actions or FTC cases exist against sellers of blood sugar supplements making unverified medical claims?

The Federal Trade Commission has a sustained enforcement record against supplement sellers making unproven health claims—including actions specifically targeting products marketed for blood‑sugar cont...

Jan 19, 2026

What FDA or FTC actions have been taken against companies marketing gummies with unproven blood‑sugar claims?

Federal agencies have stepped up enforcement against companies marketing unproven diabetes and blood‑sugar remedies: the Federal Trade Commission sent cease‑and‑desist demands to 10 companies and the ...

Jan 10, 2026

How do marketers package preliminary lab findings about natural products into supplement claims, and what red flags indicate misleading advertising?

Marketers routinely translate preliminary lab work—cell, animal, or single small human studies—into consumer-facing supplement claims by leaning on vague qualifiers, selective citations, and non-autho...

Jan 9, 2026

What are the FTC’s public databases and how can consumers search for complaints or enforcement actions against a specific company?

The Federal Trade Commission publishes several public data resources and interactive dashboards that let the public explore aggregated consumer complaint trends, Do Not Call/robocall reports, and tabl...

Jan 8, 2026

What are documented examples of fake celebrity endorsements in dietary supplement advertising and how were they debunked?

A persistent scam pattern in dietary supplement marketing has been documented where companies fabricate or falsely attribute celebrity endorsements to sell weight‑loss, muscle‑building and anti‑wrinkl...

Jan 5, 2026

Have regulators (FTC, FDA) taken enforcement action against Memo Genesis‑style scams and what were the outcomes?

Regulators have actively pursued scams that resemble "Memo Genesis" — chiefly deceptive dietary-supplement and health‑claim schemes — but there is no documented, public enforcement action against a pr...

Jan 5, 2026

Has Neuro Max been evaluated by ConsumerLab, FDA, or FTC for safety or false claims?

Available reporting in the provided documents does not show that a product named “Neuro Max” (as promoted as a brain-health supplement) has been formally evaluated by ConsumerLab, the U.S. Food and Dr...