Amazon Sold Unlawfully Labeled Diet Supplements, New Suit Says

Amazon.com Services LLC was hit with a new proposed class suit alleging it sells or promotes “illegal drugs masquerading as therapeutic dietary supplements.”

Dietary supplements don’t undergo the Food and Drug Administration’s rigorous approval process required for drugs, the suit says. A diet supplement label making certain claims about its effect on the body must have a disclaimer saying the FDA hasn’t evaluated the statements and that the product isn’t intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, the suit says.

Amazon and its partners systematically promote products lacking the mandatory disclaimers, making the supplements unapproved drugs that can’t ...