UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PRODUCTS FACE LIFT SKIN CARE ADVERTISING FORWARDED TO FTC, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureau said March 4. The case was sent to the Federal Trade Commission after the watchdog group determined that "University Medical has not complied with NAD's recommendation that certain unsubstantiated claims and representations made in print advertisements and product labeling" for the Face Lift skin care line "be modified or discontinued."
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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Commissioner Martin Makary’s repeated characterization of foreign facilities as being subject to lower standards than domestic counterparts may have contributed to Rogers’ decision to retire as head of the recently formed Office of Inspections and Investigations.
“It was a little hard to begin after the change or the reduction in force. We're doing everything we can to do an assessment, restore some services of individuals, and also try to rebuild the culture, because it is a great culture,” says FDA Commissioner Martin Makary during FDLI conference.
The National Advertising Division expects cases involving ‘Made in the USA’ claims to increase given US tariffs, says NAD VP Phyllis Marcus. The topic was also addressed by BBB National Programs’ Mary Engle during IBA’s Cosmetics Convergence Virtual Spring Conference 14-15 May.
