Federal officials arrested six executives of a big Texas supplement maker on Tuesday.
Authorities released an 11-count indictment against USPLabs for falsely claiming its popular workout and weight loss supplements were made using natural ingredients.
The feds also filed a complaint against Bethel Nutritional Consulting Inc., of New York and New Jersey, saying it sold "natural" supplements that in fact contained prescription drugs, and filed civil charges against a batch of smaller supplement makers.
"The sweep resulted in civil injunctions and criminal actions against 117 various manufacturers and/or distributors of dietary supplements and tainted products falsely marketed as dietary supplements," the Department of Justice said in a statement.
"Many of the cases we have brought relate to products that misrepresent the ingredients they contain," Benjamin Mizer, head of the Justice Department's Civil Division, told a news conference.
"We have also brought cases against products that make unsupported claims about their effects. In numerous cases,
products are touting curative properties for diseases ranging from cancer to herpes."
They include products like USPLabs' Jack3d and OxyElite Pro.
Maggie Fox
Source: nbcnews.com
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