The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned seven companies for allegedly selling fraudulent unapproved treatment for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
On Tuesday, the two federal regulators sent warning letters to Vital Silver, Quinessence Aromatherapy Ltd., N-ergetics, GuruNanda, LLC, Vivify Holistic Clinic, Herbal Amy LLC, and The Jim Bakker Show.
The FDA and the FTC reviewed the websites and social media pages of these companies and discovered that they are making deceptive or scientifically unproven claims that their products can diagnose, mitigate, prevent, cure or treat people infected with the novel coronavirus. These companies are advertising or selling products including teas, essential oils, and colloidal silver.
Currently, there are no approved drugs, investigational products or vaccines available to prevent or cure the novel coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
