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Claim number: 25
Claimant: Solal Technologies
Claim date: May 1, 2010
Forum in which the claim was made: Advert in Fairlady Magazine
Claim methodology: Vitamins
Frequency with which the claim is made by this claimant: Unknown
Actual claim: Delays macular degeneration
Plausibility of this claim: Untested and implausible
Summary
Solal claims in an advert in Fair Lady that their product delays macular degeneration. Their advert was also misleading about the causes of this condition.
Responses
- Response no 87: ASASA ASA Directorate Ruling on 2012-04-17
- Response no 81: ASASA Ruling on 2012-01-24
- Response no 48: ASASA Ruling on 2010-08-30
- Response no 47: Dr. JC Laithwaithe Complaint to ASASA on 2010-08-01
Documents relevant to this claim
Description
Dr Laithwaithe lodged a complaint against a print advertisement that appeared in the May edition of Fair Lady magazine. The advertisement is headed “Interesting facts about your health” and states, inter alia, “FACT 1: The eye damage that causes vision loss in old age, actually starts in early adulthood, or even younger”. The complainant argued that age related macular degeneration does not affect black people and a large number of people will be lead to believe that they are at risk. In addition, the primary causal factor for this condition is genetic. The ASA upheld the complaint.