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Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 02:53:54 -0600Subject: June Newsletter - Cease and DesistFrom: Herbs First <info@...>Suzanne Nottmeier <suziesgoats@...>

Dear Suzanne Nottmeier, Below is the June Newsletter that you requested fromHerbs First

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Cease and Desist

I was watching the news last Thursday morning and heard a report that a national orange juice company had been fined by the FTC (Federal Trade Commision) for making health claims.

Interesting thing was, we had to take our website off line the night before. We had been given a cease and desist letter from the manufacturer of the products. The strange thing about this was that we had been fixing things for two months, but the manufacturer was not willing to negotiate the situation unless we took the site down. To our utmost regret we took Herbs First off-line on the evening of June 1st. Luckily the owner of the s emailed us the next morning stating his demands. We were able to fix the items that needed fixing, find a lawyer and get an agreement put together that manufacturing required in order for us to get the Herbs First site back online early Friday afternoon.

This comes from the fact that the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) says that herbal products haven't been tested in the way that they say testing should be done. According to the FDA there is no proof that herbal products work, time tested over hundreds of years does not qualify. Therefore, any website on the internet that is making health claims, has testimonials, claims that certain herbs cure certain diseases, and that continues to educate people about their herbs as well as selling products, are in danger of being fined by the FTC for false advertizing.

Herbs First is an independent distributor of the products and cannot make any claims that their herbs cure anything.

So how can you find out what herbs to use?

We have changed our website to link to the Herbal Legacy website owned by The School of Natural Healing. The Herbal Legacy website is loaded with all of the information to help people identify what herbs may help them. We have made finding the links as easy as possible. But part of the FTC requirements is that the links need to be two click away. We are linking to certain pages at Herbal Legacy and then you will need to click on the information that you want to learn about. Note that educational websites do not sell products, and retail sites such as Herbs First do not have educational materials on their sites other than books for sale. Herbs First is providing these links as a courtesy and makes no representations regarding any information related thereto and disclaims liability for any assertions therein. Any questions, complaints

or claims regarding the specific information found on linked websites should be directed to the site owner.

We hope that this clarifies what happened last week, as well as the changes that have been made on the website. We feel that between the Herbal Legacy and Herbs First websites people should be able to educate themselves on herbs to make a well informed decisions about what products will help them. The Herbal Legacy site has the ailments list, the complete product information along with many of Dr. 's healing stories about the formulas. It has some newsletters, healing programs, recipes, and other literature and information.

Herbs First can still sell the educational materials such as the books, cd's, and videos. The free ailments CD Rom is a great source of free information which is available with your herb order. Herbs First makes no representations regarding any information related thereto and disclaims liability for any assertions therein. Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the specific information found on those books, cd's and videos should be directed to the owners of the copy right.

If further restrictions are put on educational websites such as the Herbal Legacy and they are no longer able to provide the free information, then the next place to get education is through the books, cd's and videos mentioned above.

This newsletter isn't meant to scare people, to only inform them of what is going on in the United States concerning the FDA and FTC's regulations on health claims. Many websites are still advertising and making claims about products. We are happy that we got through this storm and hope to be here for all of our wonderful customers for many years to come.

Have a great month!

Best Regards,

Mechling

http://www.herbsfirst.com

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Suzi

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

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