Adore Settles With Nationwide Class Over Apple Stem Cell Anti-Aging Claims

21 Aug 2018

The estimated $700,000 settlement puts to rest allegations that the luxury skin-care firm deceived consumers with claims about its PhytoCellTec ingredient’s ability to slow the aging process. G.M. Collin, another PhytoCellTec Malus Domestica user, also appears to have reached a deal with plaintiffs in litigation challenging its anti-aging claims.

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Luxury skin-care player Universal Handicraft, Inc., doing business as Adore Cosmetics, will compensate consumers nationwide and revise product labeling under a recently finalized settlement regarding alleged bogus anti-aging claims on products containing apple stem cells.

Specifically, the suit – which traces back to September 2016 – targets claims for Adore’s CellMax line and more than...