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    Recently, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an administrative settlement with the marketer of a supplement called Thrive, which mainly consists of vitamin C and herbal extracts, as a penalty for baseless claims made by the marketer, which suggested that the supplement could treat, prevent, or reduce the risk of COVID-19.
     
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    FTC reports that it has sent more than 275 letters to companies warning them against making fraudulent claims pertaining to COVID-19.
     
    According to the administrative complaint, Ching advertised and sold Thrive online since at least December 2018, and began marketing the supplement as an “anti viral wellness booster” that treats, prevents, or reduces the risk of COVID-19 in March this year. Ching also used Whole Leaf Organics to advertise three CBD-containing products, CBD-EX, CBD-RX, and CBD-Max, with claims that they were cancer treatments.
     
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