Nutrition 21 liability
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Purchase, N.Y.-based firm and the FTC are in discussions as to whether Nutrition 21 should be liable for weight-loss claims made on QVC for its Lite Bites products. FTC filed suit against QVC in Eastern Pennsylvania district court, and QVC has in turn filed a complaint against six parties, including Nutrition 21, Vitaquest International, and Sanofi-Synthelabo. Nutrition 21 discontinued Lite Bites production last year (1"The Tan Sheet" Jan. 5, 2004, In Brief)...
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