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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Nutraquest
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2006
Date: June 16, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Diet pill producer Nutraquest agreed to pay $1 million to ten local California prosecutors and the state attorney general to resolve false advertising allegations.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
Source of Data: District attorneys reach $1 million deal with diet pill maker, Associated Press, June 16, 2006 (via Nexis).
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