In Brief: Sistema Silueta cellulite claims ban
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Sistema Silueta cellulite claims ban: U.S. District Court in California permanently bars Chatsworth, CA-based Silueta Distributors and its president, Stanley Klavir, from claiming that Sistema Silueta cream and tablets reduce cellulite, the Federal Trade Commission announces March 10. The ruling requires the defendants to pay $169,339 in customer refunds. The Feb. 24 court decision decreed the system "nothing more than moisturizer and diuretic tablets," according to FTC. The agency commenced a complaint against Silueta Distributors and Klavir on Nov. 22, 1993 ("The Rose Sheet" Nov. 29, 1993, p. 11), and received a court order temporarily prohibiting the cellulite claims July 11 ("The Rose Sheet" July 25, In Brief)...