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title: "Shedding Light on a Dark Day: What to Expect if FTC Investigates Your Product Claims"
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00-04:00
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# Shedding Light on a Dark Day: What to Expect if FTC Investigates Your Product Claims

  October 1, 2013

Nutraceuticals World

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner [John Villafranco](/Our-People/John-E-Villafranco) authored the *Nutraceuticals World* article ​“Shedding Light on a Dark Day: What to Expect if FTC Investigates Your Product Claims.” In this article he explains that probability of a successful outcome to an FTC investigation of a dietary supplement claim may depend in large part on a company’s ability to present an effective summary of claim substantiation.

To read the full article, please click [here](http://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/issues/2013-10/view_features/shedding-light-on-a-dark-day-what-to-expect-if-ftc-investigates-your-product-claims/).

 

 

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