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Company: General Nutrition Corp.
Current Parent Company: Harbin Pharmaceutical Group
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2002
Date: January 17, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: General Nutrition Corp. agreed to pay refunds and $1 million for costs in settlement of allegations it deceived consumers into buying out-of-date products.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Florida Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Florida
HQ Country of Current Parent: China
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: government-owned
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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