US Consumer Health Regulation: Before Warning, Recall For Supplement With COVID-19 Label Claim

Until FDA on 23 June posted report about Golden Nutrition Inc.’s herbal supplement, violative COVID-19 claims had been found online and in advertising through other channels. Other consumer health recalls in US include more than 2.5m bottles of Gaviscon Liquid Antacid missing a safety warning on labels.

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Posting unlawful claims online for treating or preventing COVID-19 will prompt regulatory warnings in the US, but using those claims on product labels will lead to a recall, as a Florida firm learned recently.

Additional consumer health products on recall in the US include more than 2.5m bottles of Gaviscon Liquid Antacid missing a...

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