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: Bodily Injury BlogDannon to Pay $21 Million over Health Claims
By Edward Bills
Yogurt maker Dannon Co. has agreed to pay 39 states, including Texas, $21 million over misleading health claims about its product Activia yogurt. In their advertisements, Activia claimed to be a “cure for digestive irregularity or as a way to protect against colon cancer,” yet none of those claims have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. “Companies like Dannon shouldn’t exaggerate the strength of scientific support for their products,” Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitz told the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on December 16, 2010 (boomark / email).
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