Enzyte lawsuit
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Male enhancement supplement manufacturer Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals made unsubstantiated claims about Enzyte's ability to increase penis size "despite [Berkeley's] knowledge that there was no legitimate scientific basis supporting the claims," alleges a class-action lawsuit filed in Montgomery, Ohio County Court, March 17. The suit is filed on behalf of a consumer who paid $400 for an eight-month supply of the product and received only a portion of the refund he was promised after the product did not work as promised. Firm recently was asked by the Council of Better Business Bureau's National Advertising Division to discontinue performance claims because anecdotal evidence supporting the claims was found to be insufficient (1"The Tan Sheet" Aug. 25, 2003, p. 16)...
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