Comfrey
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FTC action July 13 against comfrey marketer Western Botanicals (Fair Oaks, Calif.) is second one in two weeks. Decision is part of commission's "Operation Cure.All" crackdown on unsupported supplement claims. Stipulated permanent injunction bars defendant from future sale of internal comfrey products, external products without warnings; Western also is required to notify distributors, purchasers by mail. FDA issued a comfrey advisory July 6 following FTC action against comfrey supplement marketer Christopher Enterprises (1"The Tan Sheet" July 9, p. 10). Several trade groups have voiced support for comfrey actions and pointed to voluntary label programs already in place
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