Unfortunately for the U.S. dietary supplement industry, it's not been uncommon for news to break about yet another direct-to-consumer sales company getting clobbered by the government for promoting false product claims. In February 2009, network marketer Mannatech agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Texas attorney general's office, which alleged the company promoted its products as cures for everything from cancer to Down's Syndrome. In March, QVC paid $7.5 million to settle a claims lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which charged the home shopping network with making false supplement...
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