Agencies Target “Fraud-Driven” HCG Weight-Loss Ingredient

FDA and FTC warn seven firms that “homeopathic” HCG weight-loss products are unapproved new drugs with unsubstantiated claims. An FTC official says HCG is the latest “fraud driven” weight-loss ingredient.

Weight-loss fad human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG, is the latest unapproved ingredient to draw FDA and Federal Trade Commission scrutiny.

The agencies Dec. 6 said they sent warning letters to seven firms marketing “homeopathic” HCG products for weight loss, stating...

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