I Just had to tell someone that they were making claims about their products which the FDA would use to shut them down. I didn’t do it because they are a competitor, but because a recent episode came to mind about a family run business doing the same kinds of products we do was “caught” by the FDA abnd was forced to shut down and pay 10′s of 1000′s of dollars in fines – they are now financially ruined, all because the said things like “healing herbs” and “moisturize your skin” and things like that.
In the Cosmetic industry (of which we are a part), one cannot say that a product “moisturizes” or “heals” or “relieves pain” or other such verbiage. Such claims are reserved for drugs only – so, if you want to say that, you have to back it up with a $3million double-blind test performed by independent laboratories – then you have to submit all of the ingredient information, and the results of the testing to the FDA and wait for them to give you the official nod that you can say those things and sell the product in question… as a drug -
So, we have products that may actually do good things for you, but we aren’t allowed (by law) to say that they do. We also have to be careful about product reviews submitted by customers – because their comments may cause us the same harm.
So, since we don’t want to be in that category, we choose to describe our products in ways that tell you that they are good for you without saying that they are good for you – it’s for our own good!
Check out our product listings here and see what I mean, and then check out the web and see how many people are heading for financial ruin and heartache over “the name game” that the government plays…
–Pat