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        New federal investigation looks into grocery industry marketing practices

        Recently, the federal government requested that companies hand over confidential, multi-million-dollar contracts to assess potential harms to American consumers. This is not the ending to the newest spy movie. This is the beginning of the newest investigation into the grocery industry.

        Healthy RetailJanuary 3, 2022Sara John, PhD
        Letter of Intent to Sue Viacom re: Junk Food Marketing to Kids

        CSPI hits marketing junk food to kids

        Healthy KidsAugust 12, 2021
        Letter to FTC Requesting Investigation into Grocery Industry Practices

        Letter to FTC requesting investigation into grocery industry practices

        The Center for Science in the Public Interest asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate trade promotion, category captains, and online practices in the grocery retail industry.

        Healthy Retail
        Mercola

        FDA and FTC urged to bring enforcement proceedings against Joseph Mercola for false COVID-19 health claims

        Online salesman Joseph Mercola falsely claims that at least 22 vitamins, supplements, and other products available for sale on his web site can prevent, treat, or cure COVID-19 infection, according to letters submitted today to the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission by the Center for Science in the Public Interest and two nonprofit legal groups.

        COVID-19July 21, 2020
        Supplement Seller Mercola To Comply with FDA Instructions to Stop Marketing COVID-19 Cures

        Letters re: Request for enforcement regarding false COVID-19 claims by Mercola Group

        COVID-19
        Antiviral

        CSPI urges federal enforcement action against supplement manufacturers making illegal antiviral claims

        The Center for Science in the Public Interest is asking the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission to take enforcement action against companies trying to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic by claiming dietary supplements fight viruses.

        SupplementsJune 4, 2020
        CSPI Letters re: Antiviral Claims by Supplement Manufacturers

        CSPI Letters re: Antiviral claims by supplement manufacturers

        Supplements
        Letter to FTC re: Supplements Marketed as Women's Fertility Aids

        Letter to FTC re: Supplements marketed as women's fertility aids

        CSPI writes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the commission to pursue enforcement action against dietary supplements that claim to treat female infertility.

        Supplements
        CSPI Urges Continued FDA Crackdown on Supplements Marketed as Fertility Aids

        Manufacturers of “fertility” supplements selling false hope

        The pills and powders have unsubtle names like Pregnitude, OvaBoost, and Pink Stork. But an investigation by the Center for Science in the Public Interest of dietary supplements marketed as fertility aids for women found that there is no evidence that they help women become pregnant.

        SupplementsNovember 15, 2019
        CSPI Asks Federal Trade Commission to Take Enforcement Action Against Relief Factor, Maker of Pain Pills Endorsed by Sebastian Gorka

        CSPI asks Federal Trade Commission to take enforcement action against Relief Factor, maker of pain pills endorsed by Sebastian Gorka

        Government AccountabilitySeptember 12, 2019
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