45 more companies get coronavirus warning letters
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Article by: Lesley Fair
FTC staff just sent letters to 45 more companies making COVID-19 prevention, treatment, or cure claims. There’s a lot to cover in this post, but it’s indicative of the breadth of questionable representations conveyed to consumers in response to the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Like the dozens of other warning letters FTC staff has sent, these letters remind recipients it’s illegal to “advertise that a product or service can prevent, treat, or cure human disease unless you possess competent and reliable scientific evidence, including, when appropriate, well-controlled human clinical studies, substantiating that the claims are true at the time they are made.” What’s more, “For COVID-19, no such study is currently known to exist” for the product or treatment identified in the letter.
The companies have been told to “immediately cease making all such claims” and to respond within 48 hours describing the specific actions they have taken to address the FTC’s concerns.
