{"id":1330,"date":"2009-03-27T19:21:11","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T17:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2015-03-10T08:42:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T12:42:50","slug":"qvc-pay-75-million-fine-deceptive-supplement-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/qvc-pay-75-million-fine-deceptive-supplement-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"QVC to Pay 7.5 Million Fine for Deceptive Supplement Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2009\/03\/qvc-pay-75-million-settle-charges-it-aired-deceptive-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FTC action against unsubstantiated claims<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cQVC aired ads that weren\u2019t true and violated an FTC order,\u201d said Eileen Harrington, Acting Director of the FTC\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection. \u201cSimply put, we aren\u2019t going to let QVC get away with this. The company is responsible for the product claims made on its programs, and we expect that going forward, QVC will do a better job for its audience and make sure that its programs are truthful and not deceptive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The advertisements allegedly included unsubstantiated claims that the weight-loss supplements could cause people to lose significant amounts of weight, maintain their weight loss for a long time, and prevent carbohydrates from being stored as fat; false claims that the weight-loss supplements could prevent dietary fat from being absorbed in peoples\u2019 bodies; unsubstantiated claims that the energy-enhancing supplements could reduce fatigue and increase energy in people with severe fatigue and other physical ailments; and unsubstantiated claims that Lipofactor lotion could reduce cellulite, including measurable decreases in the sizes of individuals\u2019 arms, legs, and abdomens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full complaint is available from the FTC here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/enforcement\/cases-proceedings\/982-3152\/united-states-america-v-qvc-inc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/caselist\/9823152\/040324cmp9823152.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another FTC action against unsubstantiated claims&#8230; \u201cQVC aired ads that weren\u2019t true and violated an FTC order,\u201d said Eileen Harrington, Acting Director of the FTC\u2019s Bureau of Consumer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,17,28,29],"tags":[341,477,721,1366,1708,1867],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10069,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions\/10069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}