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Keep Your Eyes Open for Weight Loss Ads
"In only six days I lost
seven pounds of weight."
"Two full inches in the
first three days!"
These are the kinds of
statements {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (use) in magazine, newspaper, radio and television ads,
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (promise) new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the
device. The promoters of products say they {#blank#}3{#/blank#} shape the legs, slim the face
and smooth wrinkles. Often such products are nothing more than money-making
things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some
are dangerous to health.
To understand how these
products can be legally promoted to the public, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is necessary to
understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a
drug, FDA(Food and Drug Administration) can require proof that it is safe and
effective before it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(put) on the market. But if the product is a device,
FDA has no authority {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (require) premarketing proof of safety or
effectiveness. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a product already on the market is a danger to health,
FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market
voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure(查封) of the product.
One notable case a few years
ago {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(involve) an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} had
been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical
shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the
distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it was
dangerous to health and life.
