News Related to Health Fraud, 2004

bullet Vista herbalists must compensate former clients December 7, 2004
bullet ICE and FDA Agents Arrest New Jersey Man For Illegal Importation Of Unapproved Flu Vaccine December 6, 2004
bulletFDA Takes Action Against Company for Illegal Importation of Unapproved, Potentially Unsafe Drugs December 1, 2004
bulletFDA Acts to Remove Ephedra-Containing Dietary Supplements From Market November 23, 2004
bulletFTC Launches “Big Fat Lie” Initiative Targeting Bogus Weight-loss Claims November 9, 2004
bulletSentence Ordered in Drug Counterfeiting Case November 9, 2004
bulletFDA Announces Major Initiatives for Dietary Supplements November 4, 2004
bulletFDA Warns Consumers That Actra-RX "Dietary Supplements" Promoted For Sexual Enhancement Contains Undeclared Prescription Drug Ingredient November 2, 2004
bulletFTC Targets Products Claiming to Affect the Stress Hormone Cortisol October 5, 2004
bulletFDA Finds Hillestad Pharmaceuticals, USA, to be Violating Permanent October 1, 2004
bulletHealthFraud.org Publishes Online FDA Warning Letters Related to Unapproved New Drugs August 19, 2004
bulletIreland's Food Safety Authority Warns of Unsubstantiated Claims on Noni Juice August 4, 2004
bullet FDA Warns Consumers About Counterfeit Drugs Purchased in Mexico July 30, 2004
bulletMetabolife, Founder Indicted for Lying to FDA about Ephedra Risks July 22, 2004
bulletU.S. District Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against Lane Labs-USA, Inc. and Orders Firm to Refund Money to Purchasers of Illegally Marketed Unapproved Drugs July 13, 2004
bulletFDA Test Results of Prescription Drugs from Bogus Canadian Website Show All Products Are Fake and Substandard July 13, 2004
bullet Herbal Remedy Maker Pleads Guilty to Fraud Jun 30, 2004
bulletFDA is Alerting the Public to Counterfeit Viagra Found in Two California Pharmacies June 30, 2004
bulletLengthy Jail Sentence for Vendor of Laetrile—A Quack Medication to Treat Cancer Patients June 22, 2004
bulletABC News: No Silver Lining, Users Claim Liquid Silver in Supplements, Nose Drops Turned Skin Silver June 9, 2004
bulletBooklet Aims to Help Consumers Make Informed Medicine Choices (also in Spanish) June 4, 2004
bullet Couple Charged in $1.5 Million Scheme to Defraud Diabetes Test Maker April 21, 2004
bulletFDA Outlines Science-Based Approach to Dietary Supplement Enforcement April 19, 2004
bulletFDA Partners with States to Warn Consumers that "Looks Can Be Deceiving" April 13, 2004
bulletRepackager of Foreign Drugs Agrees to Comply with FDA’s Rules April 13, 2004
bulletSales of Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids (Ephedra) Prohibited April 12, 2004
bulletFDA Expands Warning About "Green Hornet" To Include All Other Products By Cytotec Solutions, Inc. April 9, 2004
bulletFDA Warns Supplement Firms about False Weight Loss Claims April 1, 2994
bulletFDA Moves Forward on Qualified Health Claims March 31, 2004
bulletAloe Commodities International, Inc., Recalls Solutions IE Ageless Formula II Due to Excess Vitamin D March 26, 2004
bullet FDA and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Announce Guilty Plea in Drug Counterfeiting Case March 17, 2004
bulletDietary Supplement Firms, Seasilver USA, Inc., and Americaloe, Inc., Sign Consent Decree With FDA To Stop Selling Product Claiming To Cure "Over 650" Diseases March 17, 2004
bulletHHS Launches Crackdown on Products Containing Andro March 11, 2004
bulletFDA Launches New Easy-to-Use Drug Information Web Site March 3, 2004
bulletEphedra Ban- No Shortage of Reasons FDA Consumer Magazine March-April 2004
bulletFDA Crackdown on Illegal Products FDA Consumer Magazine March-April 2004
bulletFDA Warns Consumers Not to Purchase Green Hornet, Promoted as Herbal Version of "Ecstasy" February 25, 2004
bulletHHS Announces Task Force on Drug Importation Feb. 26, 2004
bulletFDA Issues Warning Letter to West Virginia Business Offering Illegal Foreign Drugs February 20, 2004
bulletHHS Takes New Steps to Protect Consumers from Counterfeit Drug Threats Feb. 18, 2004
bulletFDA Takes Action Against Foreign Websites Selling Counterfeit Contraceptive Patches February 12, 2004
bullet FDA Seizes Ephedra-Containing Dietary Supplements From On-line Massachusetts Company for Unsubstantiated Athletic Performance Claims February 5, 2004
bulletFDA and SEC Work to Enhance Public's Protection from False and Misleading Statements February 5, 2004
bullet FDA and Johnson & Johnson Warn Public About Counterfeit Contraceptive Patches Sold Through Foreign Internet Site February 4, 2004
bulletFDA Issues Regulation Prohibiting Sale of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids and Reiterates Its Advice That Consumers Stop Using These Products February 6, 2004
bulletRecent FDA/U.S. Customs Import Blitz Exams Continue to Reveal Potentially Dangerous Illegally Imported Drug Shipments January 27, 2004
bulletFDA Issues Draft Guidance on Providing More Information on Investigational Treatment January 27, 2004
bulletFDA Warns Consumers Not to Feed Infants “Better than Formula Ultra Infant Immune Booster 117” January 23, 2004
bulletFDA Takes Actions Against Illegal Drug Import Operations of Expedite-Rx, SPC Global Technologies, and Employer Health Options January 22, 2004

 

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