09.04.18
FDA Warns Against Products Claiming to Replace Sunscreen
In May 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a stern warning against dietary supplements claiming to be a replacement for sunscreen. In a statement, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, spoke out against “companies illegally marketing pills and capsules labeled as dietary supplements that make unproven drug claims about protecting consumers from the harms that come from sun exposure without meeting the FDA’s standards for safety and effectiveness.”
The agency sent Warning Letters to several companies it claimed were not delivering on advertised benefits and were putting consumers at risk. The products made unproven drug claims by declaring they protect consumers from sun exposure without meeting FDA’s standards for safety and effectiveness.
The companies that received Warning Letters offer products such as Advanced Skin Brightening Formula, Sunsafe Rx, Solaricare and Sunergetic, and were called out by FDA as putting consumers at risk by giving them “a false sense of security that a dietary supplement coul
In May 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a stern warning against dietary supplements claiming to be a replacement for sunscreen. In a statement, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, spoke out against “companies illegally marketing pills and capsules labeled as dietary supplements that make unproven drug claims about protecting consumers from the harms that come from sun exposure without meeting the FDA’s standards for safety and effectiveness.”
The agency sent Warning Letters to several companies it claimed were not delivering on advertised benefits and were putting consumers at risk. The products made unproven drug claims by declaring they protect consumers from sun exposure without meeting FDA’s standards for safety and effectiveness.
The companies that received Warning Letters offer products such as Advanced Skin Brightening Formula, Sunsafe Rx, Solaricare and Sunergetic, and were called out by FDA as putting consumers at risk by giving them “a false sense of security that a dietary supplement coul
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