So Native Essence Herb Co is fighting back and suing the FTC.
….the FTC maintains that claims based on historical or traditional herbal use should be substantiated by scientific evidence. The agency’s guidelines also say advertisers should not suggest, directly or indirectly, that a supplement would benefit people suffering from disease unless reliable evidence substantiates such claims.
The Hershisers argue the historical information on their Web site came from federal government Web sites about herbs and herbal remedies, and they should be allowed to give that information to their customers.
So information from a government website isn’t good enough!? What gives?
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This sure seems like a case of a government employee with way too much time on their hands, trying to make a name for him/herself. Hope they go the way of Elliot Spitzer, except they bypass the glory days.
Sure gives reason to think twice about having the government run our health care system doesn’t it? I freely admit it’s broken, I’m paying COBRA right now.
