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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Amazon Natural (AZNT)

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To: Arcane Lore who wrote (5675)11/18/1998 10:00:00 PM
From: Arcane Lore  Read Replies (1) of 26163
 
F.T.C. Guidelines Restrict Ad Claims for Supplements

For the first time, the Federal Trade Commission is issuing advertising guidelines aimed specifically at the nation's booming dietary supplement industry.

The guidelines are the commission's second action within a week on claims by the industry, which earned nearly $12 billion in 1997 and is growing at about 20 percent a year. Last week the commission e-mailed warnings to 1,200 Internet sites that it said had made "incredible claims" for drugs, devices and dietary supplements, including herbal remedies that purported to ward off AIDS or cure cancer. ...


nytimes.com
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I wonder if AZNT has gotten any interesting email recently?

Guidelines set advertising parameters for booming industry

Manufacturers of dietary supplements must not only back up the explicit claims they make about their products, but also the benefits they imply through advertising, according to a set of government guidelines being released today. ...


boston.com
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