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Posted 26 November 2015 This article, written by Diane Bartz, (here as fair use) was published in Reuters on Tue Nov 17, 2015. The Federal Trade Commission filed lawsuits against USPlabs (Jack3D, OxyElite Pro) for the unlawful sale of nutritional supplements, and Sunrise Nutraceuticals LLC, Health Nutrition Products and NPB Advertising Inc, alleging that they sold or advertised deceptive or unproven workout or weight loss supplements. Posted 23 November 2015 This article written by patent attorney, Hans Muhlberg, is reproduced here with permission from the author. Open season for snake oil salesmen? Does the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) have the jurisdiction to rule on adverts placed by companies that aren’t members of the ASA? If you’re involved in ASA matters, you’ll know that it’s not uncommon for the ASA to rule on such ads. You’ll also know that these rulings tend to be effective, despite the fact that the ASA is a voluntary body, whose rulings are only binding on its members. The reason is simple – the SA media companies (electronic, TV, print, billboard) belong to the ASA, which means that as soon as the ASA rules that an ad contravenes the ASA Code (by making unsubstantiated claims for example), the media companies refuse to touch the ad. So the ad’s … Read the rest Posted 20 November 2015 We have previously pointed out that the USA Federal Trade Commission has acted against sellers of products claiming that green coffee bean can result in weight loss. This interesting video has amazingly, adapted to point out that the study that their claims were based on, were false: “Please Ignore This Study: We discovered the Methodology was corrupted post peer release.” … Read the rest Posted 20 November 2015 A tongue-in-cheek cartoon about herbal products and placebos! From: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20100101.gif Posted 17 November 2015 This article, written by Megan Power, appeared in the Sunday Times of 15 November 2015. [Permission to republish it was kindly granted by the Sunday Times.] The article highlights the legal actions of Antagolin (MNI), Herbex, Solal and USN, against the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority), as well as against Dr Harris Steinman. Megan Power makes the accurate point: “There’s a quiet war being waged against South Africa’s advertising watchdog“. All these companies have had ASA rulings against claims for their products. See also the previous article about this. Homemark has in the meantime persuaded the ASA to suspend all processes and procedures regarding complaints against Homemark, until the MNI appeal, or the actual court case is concluded, depending which happens first. All these companies are being represented by Saul Shoot of Fluxmans. Watchdog in chains as advertiser fights back Court ruling against advertising authority … Read the rest On 15 November 2013 the Minister of Health finally published Regulations to the Medicines Act (Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965), not for comment, but for implementation. They defined complementary medicines for the first time in South Africa. In addition the Regulations incrementally “called up” various complementary medicines over the following six years. If a product that has been called up, and has not been registered, or an application for registration has not been received by the MCC, then according to the Medicines Act (Section 14(1)) it may no longer be sold. The Regulations also created a new category of medicines – category D – which are complementary medicines “subdivided into such disciplines as may be determined by the Council after consultation with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa.” This left “dietary supplements” out in the cold and the Health Products Association … Read the rest Posted 15 November 2015 The two articles below, highlight Antagolin’s interdict in High Court against the ASA to prevent the ASA from taking action against claims being made for their product. Both are written by the journalist, Elaine Swanepoel: the first, published in Health24, is a translation of the second, published in Die Rapport. Subsequent to the High Court action, Antagolin (Dr Conrad Smith and Mariaan du Plessis) are now taking the ASA and Dr Harris Steinman to the High Court, demanding over R17 million and R200,000 respectively. … Read the restPosted 13 November 2015 This article written by Tom Blackwell and published in the National Post on November 11, 2015, may result in those against alternative medicines supporting it without question, and those supporting alternative medicines being highly critical and dismissive of it. It is important to try to read an article like this with an open mind – and then formulate your opinion. Are the claims true, exaggerated, or devoid of truth? We are posting it simply to highlight a topical issue. “Research from Alberta, never before publicly reported, suggests that at least one in every 100 breast-cancer patients rejects standard care and doubles her likelihood of death as a result”. “There is no systematic, national tracking of the phenomenon, but apply those findings to everyone newly diagnosed with cancer, and they suggest almost 2,000 Canadians are exposing themselves to similar risk every year”. Read the article at the … Read the rest Posted 10 November 2015 The Hormone Health Network has issued five fact sheets intended to counter hormone-related myths:
Some of the exposed myths involve diagnoses that are claimed to be an underlying cause of dozens of common symptoms for which their advocates provide hormones and/or dietary supplements. The Hormone Health Network is the patient-education resource of The Endocrine Society, the largest international group of … Read the rest Posted 04 November 2015 “Severely autistic children in South Africa are being given industrial bleach in a product marketed as a “cure” for autism”. “Miracle Mineral Solution causes severe stomach pains, nausea, dehydration and spasms, and puts the children at risk of death”. “A US court last week sentenced Louis Daniel Smith to 51 months in jail for selling the product as a medicine”. … Read the rest |
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