FTC Targets Spanish Language Weight Loss Firm

The Federal Trade Commission is charging the sellers of the “Centro Natural de Salud Obesity Treatment” with making false and unsubstantiated claims that their product causes rapid, substantial, and permanent weight loss. The “treatment” consists of three different pills, taken with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and a bar of “special soap” to “reduce dress sizes.”

According to the FTC’s complaint, in Spanish-language infomercials and on the Internet the marketers made claims, such as:

“Lose 35 pounds in 2 months”

“Everything you lose, you will never gain back”

“No diets, no skipping dinner, no calorie counting, no side effects”

The defendants, Centro Natural Services, Inc., Xavier Rodriguez, and Rocio Diaz are located in Santa Ana, California. The complaint charges they falsely claimed the Centro Natural de Salud Obesity Treatment causes users: to lose substantial amounts of weight rapidly, without reducing calorie intake; safely to lose as much as a half pound per day for multiple weeks and months; and/or to lose weight permanently. The complaint also charges the defendants had no substantiation for their weight-loss claims.

The FTC is asking the court to order a halt to the defendants’ claims pending trial. It will seek a permanent halt to their operation, and redress for consumers.

posted by Consumer Help Web Editorial Team at 11:20 AM |