How can they get away with that? (Well, maybe they can't.)

摘要

For all those who have ever looked at Internet ads or emails or late-night infomercials for dietary supplement and food products claiming all sorts of medical miracles and wondered, 'How can they get away with that?' the answer appears that at least some of them cannot.rnDietary supplements making claims for medical benefits is nothing new, especially following the 1994 passage of a series of changes in the law that allowed marketers of dietary supplements to claim certain medical benefits. Packagers who make those claims are, under the law, supposed to have substantiation for the claims on hand before they make the claims.