Enforcement Roundup: Daniel Chapter One, Peanut Corp. Of America

James Feijo, owner and operator of [Daniel Chapter One], a dietary supplement marketer that incurred FDA and the Federal Trade Commission enforcement, faces a potential prison sentence after pleading guilty to failing to pay more than $218,000 in employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. The Department of Justice on Sept. 15 said Feijo, 68, also pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence, R.I., to marketing and selling products making unapproved claims as cancer mitigation and treatment options. Separately, the Providence firm, which included a home-based church run by Feijo and his wife Trish Feijo, turned to the Supreme Court in 2011 after a lower court upheld FTC's order that the firm made misleading and unsubstantiated claims, including curing cancer, for its shark cartilage and herbal products. The high court declined to hear Feijo’s argument that FTC overstepped its legal authority with its enforcement action, which required the firm to notify customers it did not have sufficient evidence to support the claim Also see "Herbal Firm Denied Supreme Court Hearing Over Cancer Claim" - Pink Sheet, 30 May, 2011.. Feijo’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 12, DoJ said.

The former head of Peanut Corporation of America was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for convictions on charges linked to salmonella-contaminated ingredients and products that caused widespread...