In 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Chemical Free Solutions LLC (“CFS”) reached a settlement barring CFS from making scientifically unsupported claims regarding the efficacy of its cedar oil-based bed bug eradication product Cedarcide Original. CFS made various false claims about its “BEST Yet!” bed bug and head lice products, including that it was invented for the U.S. Army and that the USDA acknowledged it as the number one choice of bio-based pesticides. The 2013 consent order settling the FTC’s dispute with CFS prohibited the company from making representations about their products unless the representation is non-misleading and substantiated by competent and reliable scientific evidence. However, earlier this year the FTC revisited this settlement and filed a modified final order against CFS and moved to hold David Glassel, who previously controlled CFS, in contempt for violating the original 2013 order. The…
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