Foodmate News: On August 4, South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued a report saying: South Korea has investigated and dealt with 175 false and exaggerated claims that include ABC juices, such as fruit and vegetable juices and fruit and vegetable beverage products that have the effects of weight loss, detoxification, and purification. Advertising sales website.

ABC juice refers to fruit and vegetable beverages produced from apples, beets, and carrots.

The main violations are: Claiming to have the effect of preventing and curing diseases (10 cases). Misrecognizing or conflating ordinary foods into advertisements of healthy functional foods (96 cases). False and exaggerating effects on body tissues, efficacy Advertisements (53 cases). Advertisements that deceive consumers (14 cases). Products that mistake products for pharmaceuticals (2 cases).

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