{"id":16205,"date":"2010-01-13T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T21:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=16205"},"modified":"2010-01-13T16:14:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T21:14:34","slug":"weight-loss-tea-makers-lose-legal-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/weight-loss-tea-makers-lose-legal-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight Loss Tea Makers Lose Legal Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"green<\/a>A couple of companies making money off of bogus weight loss claims with tea diet<\/a> products were hit with hefty fines by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).<\/p>\n

A Connecticut federal judge has ordered Bronson Partners (dba New England Diet Center and Bronson Day Spa) and Martin Howard to pay $2 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and granted the FTC’s request to prohibit the company from continuing to sell its products. They are based in Westport, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

The complaint against Bronson Partners and Martin Howard was part of the FTC’s Big Fat Lie campaign, that has targeted companies it believes are deceptively marketing weight loss products.<\/p>\n

Femina, Inc., another tea-related company based in Pembroke Pines, Florida, was also targeted.<\/p>\n

The Connecticut company charged consumers $24.95 plus shipping and handling for a green tea<\/a> product called Chinese Diet Tea. Their advertisements, that ran in national publications, claimed the tea would help users lose up to six pounds a week if they drank a cup after each meal. This supposedly would “neutralize the absorption of fattening foods.” The manufacturers also sold a diet patch that contained extracts of fucus, garcinia and guarana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Future violations of a similar nature would surely result in financial harm to consumers, and possible physical harm if consumers engage in risky weight-loss techniques in reliance on (the) defendants’ misleading representations,” said Judge Stefan R. Underhill in his ruling.<\/p>\n

(via: World Tea News<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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