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ARTICLE · 20 MAY 2020

Planning On Promoting Radish Paste As A Cure For COVID-19?

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Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that his office brought a lawsuit against LA-based Insan Healing, alleging that the company advertised and sold a "must-have" radish paste that it falsely claimed...

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Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that his office brought a lawsuit against LA-based Insan Healing, alleging that the company advertised and sold a "must-have" radish paste that it falsely claimed could prevent consumers from getting COVID-19.

The complaint alleged that Insan Healing made false and misleading claims that the company's radish paste could enhance consumers' immune systems and protect their lungs. For example, the complaint alleged that Insan Healing claimed, "Radish Paste is an immunity boost to your lungs! A must-have product for the protection and prevention of the COVID-19, cold and flu season."

In the complaint, Feuer argued that the company's false claims violated California's false advertising, law, which prohibits any statement, "which is untrue or misleading, and which is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading." Feuer also argued that the claims also violated the state's

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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