DIET SCAMS - FIGHTING CONSUMER FRAUD

To find information

www.quackwatch.com
Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions Quackwatch, Inc., a member of Consumer Federation of America, is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Quackwatch, P.O. Box 1747, Allentown, PA 18105.

www.ncrhi.org
The National Council for Reliable Health Information (NCRHI) is a non-profit, tax-exempt voluntary health agency that focuses its attention upon health fraud, misinformation and quackery as public health problems. Its officers and board members serve without compensation. NCRHI, Box 1276, Loma Linda, CA 92354-1276

To file a complaint about possible fraud

www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm

For information www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-health.htm
You can file a complaint with the FTC by contacting the Consumer Response Center by phone: toll-free 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357); by mail: Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20580; or through the Internet, using the online complaint form. Although the Commission cannot resolve individual problems for consumers, it can act against a company if it sees a pattern of possible law violations.

To report an adverse health reaction www.fda.gov/medwatch/report/consumer/consumer.htm
If you think you or someone in your family has experienced a serious reaction to a medical product, you are encouraged to report it. You can report your adverse experience by telephone by calling the FDA (888) 463-6332. Or you can file a report on line by going to the above website. If you have seen a physician, you can encourage the physician to report this adverse reaction.

Prepared by Joanne P. Ikeda, MA, RD, Nutrition Education Specialist,
Nutritional Sciences Department, University of California, Berkeley. CA 94720-3104. Phone (510)642-2790, FAX (510)642-0535, E-Mail: jikeda@socrates.berkeley.edu