FDA cracks down on 'cancer cures'

[Denver]

CNN Link here.

It's a start.

From CNN:

- FDA is looking into products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer
- Sent 25 warning letters to companies and individuals marketing these products
- Unproven treatments include bloodroot, shark cartilage, coral calcium
- If warnings are not heeded, FDA could confiscate products and prosecute

 

[Loss Leader]

Good for them. I hope they sent a letter to those foot pad people.

 

[MattusMaximus]

Oops - I started another thread on this before I saw this one. My bad.

 

[TheDaver]

I bet the various CT forums are on this one like flies on @#$%.

 

[Asolepius]

I am always amused by the `Ads by Google' that appear on such pages. Currently on this CNN report they include:

11 Ways to Kill Cancer

and

Powerful Cancer Treatment

I wonder if these two got warning letters? The trouble is that getting an FDA warning letter seems to be regarded as a badge of honour by these people. They need to be put in jail.

 

[jli]

Does this mean that a simple disclaimer claiming that they are not giving medical advice is not enough to get them of the hook? Many (All?) of the woos have such a disclaimer on their websites even though they are not doing anything else but giving medical advice.

 

[Asolepius]

Does this mean that a simple disclaimer claiming that they are not giving medical advice is not enough to get them of the hook? Many (All?) of the woos have such a disclaimer on their websites even though they are not doing anything else but giving medical advice.

I don't know about the US, but in the UK disclaimers have little force. A court will consider what the message is that the reader will understand. Saying one thing and reversing it in a disclaimer doesn't cut much ice.

 

[Denver]

Good for them. I hope they sent a letter to those foot pad people.

I didn't see that one on the lists:

The letters.
The Companies and Products

 

[Denver]

I don't know about the US, but in the UK disclaimers have little force. A court will consider what the message is that the reader will understand. Saying one thing and reversing it in a disclaimer doesn't cut much ice.

That is also true in the U.S. Here is some text from one of the warning letters:

We note that you have attempted to disclaim some of the statements on your site that indicate that the products are, intended to prevent, treat, or cure disease conditions or to affect the structure or function of the body. For example, your site says regarding your products:

"Disclaimer: The FTC and FDA require us to place this disclaimer here, please read. Herbs for cancer is not intended to cure, treat, or diagnose your illness."

However, untrue or misleading information in one part of your site will not be mitigated by inclusion of such a "disclaimer." Cf 21 C.F.R 202.1 (e)(3)(i).

 

[Showmeproof]

Good for them. I hope they sent a letter to those foot pad people.

You mean the Kinoki footpads lol. Someone wrote this about them:

"20/20 Investigated the Kinoki Footbapds. No, they don't work. It's a scam. They just had a special on 20/20 about how they don't work. They had scientific studies proving that it is not possible and did tests on the pads. The dark stuff that acts as toxins is merely placed in there and is even activated by distilled water.

 

[jli]

I don't know about the US, but in the UK disclaimers have little force. A court will consider what the message is that the reader will understand. Saying one thing and reversing it in a disclaimer doesn't cut much ice.

That is also true in the U.S. Here is some text from one of the warning letters:

Come to think of it. There might not be a rational thought behind their disclamers as well