Substantiation of product claims

The complete list of 665 companies the Federal Trade Commission sent its Notice of Penalty Offenses on this conduct.

The fact that a company is on this list is NOT an indication that it has done anything wrong. A Notice of Penalty Offenses is not a complaint, a finding, a settlement, or an allegation against the recipient. The Commission sent these notices broadly across whole industries so that civil penalties would become available in future against any company that went on to break the law.

What this notice covers

In the Commission’s own terms. Failing to have competent and reliable evidence for product claims, failing to have competent and reliable scientific evidence for health or safety claims, failing to have at least one well-controlled human clinical trial for claims that a product treats a serious disease, and misrepresenting the level or type of substantiation for a claim.

Recipients

The other notices

Compiled from the Federal Trade Commission’s published Notice of Penalty Offenses recipient lists, which are public record. We link to the Commission rather than rehost its documents: ftc.gov.