Lawyer Normal Ken Paxton obtained an agreed judgment towards DRINK UVO, a California firm that bought a drinkable sunscreen product that was promoted as offering hours of solar safety which misled customers with false and grossly exaggerated claims.
The judgment orders DRINK UVO to pay a complete of $42,500 in favor of Texas inside 10 days, with $12,500 in attorneys’ charges and $30,000 in civil penalties.
The Lawyer Normal’s lawsuit alleged that DRINK UVO violated the Misleading Commerce Practices Act, and Texas well being and security legal guidelines, by advertising and marketing, promoting and selling the product with out dependable scientific proof. DRINK UVO claimed its product protected customers towards the damaging results of photo voltaic radiation for no less than three hours, was appropriate for everybody uncovered to the solar, and marketed it with an SPF30 score – regardless of by no means having carried out FDA-compliant analysis to find out the product’s Solar Safety Issue. Citing a purported scientific research, additionally they claimed that the drink’s 30-plus nutritional vitamins, antioxidants, and phytonutrients have been scientifically confirmed to work and restore pores and skin from solar harm. However the firm did not disclose that its research was not peer reviewed and was actually carried out by its founder, with solely a small variety of topics.
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