WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said two companies have agreed to stop making claims their products can cure, treat, mitigate or prevent diseases.
Brownwood Acres Foods Inc., Cherry Capital Services Inc. -- doing business as Flavonoid Sciences -- and two of their executives signed a consent decree prohibiting them from manufacturing and distributing such products.
The FDA said the legal action stemmed from the companies and their executives making unapproved drug claims and unauthorized health claims, such as "Chemicals found in Cherries may help fight diabetes."
The companies manufacture and distribute various products, including juice concentrates, soft fruit gel capsules, fruit bars, dried fruits, liquid glucosamine and salmon oil capsules.
The FDA said the companies' product labels, brochures and Web sites, have made several unapproved claims and, most recently, referred customers to an apparently independent Web site, which was actually controlled by Brownwood Acres' president and contained similar unproven statements claiming benefits for their products.
