Consumer advocate warns lack of regulation could lead public to fall for ‘loopy claims’
Advertisements for useless and potentially dangerous products falsely touted as cures for cancer could appear during prime-time television if proposed amendments to therapeutic goods laws go ahead, a former deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Allan Asher, has said.
During a public forum held in Canberra on Wednesday to debate the federal government’s Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill, Asher told attendees the bill would abolish the requirement that advertisements for therapeutic goods be screened by an expert panel before being published or going to air.
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