false health claims

    By Gergana Koleva

    | 5:30PM 12/13/2010
    Three major marketers of children's vitamins sold under the Disney and Marvel Heroes logos have agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $2.1 million to settle charges that the companies falsely claimed their supplements promote healthy brain and eye development in children. The FTC charged...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 5:30PM 9/07/2010
    The makers of Lipton and Canada Dry were sent warnings by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the claims they've been making about the health benefits of green tea products are violating federal laws. Unilever, which owns the Lipton brand, and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, owner of Canada Dry,...