Beware of health claims for CBD products
Randy Hutchinson
Randy Hutchinson is the President and CEO of the BBB of the Mid-South, serving 28 counties in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. He graduated from Western Maryland College and has an MBA from Wilmington College.
Since 2015, the FDA has sent warning letters to at least 23 companies about claims regarding their products. The FTC co-signed some of the FDA’s letters, including three sent in March, and sent letters to three companies on its own in September.
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