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Manufacturers, retailers, regulators, and trade bodies are covered through their filings, recalls, enforcement actions, and stated positions.

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  1. FTC's $225 Million Amway Settlement Closes a 47-Year Loop on America's Founding MLM Case

    FTC and Washington state's AG want Amway, World Wide Group and Leadership Team Development to pay $225 million, the largest MLM settlement in FTC history, over alleged deceptive recruiting.

  2. MHRA's August Advertising Report Lands as a New Weight-Loss Pill Hits the Market

    MHRA's August 2026 decisions on unlawful medicine ads arrive days after it approved Eli Lilly's oral GLP-1 pill Foundayo, testing whether June's joint warning changed pharmacy marketing.

  3. OPSS Opens First Regulatory Sandbox for Bioengineered Cosmetic Ingredients

    OPSS opened its first regulatory sandbox, letting cosmetics firms using precision fermentation, synthetic biology, or cell culture test compliance with the GB Cosmetics Regulation before applications close 4 December 2026.

  4. UK product-safety notifications fall 37% as border checks do most of the enforcement work

    OPSS's latest Product Safety Database report shows notifications dropped sharply in 2024-25, with import rejections at the border doing more enforcement work than domestic recalls.

  5. ASA's Influencer Naming List Is the Small Stick; the CMA's New Fining Power Is the Big One

    The ASA's public list names influencers who refused to label ads; a bigger enforcement shift has arrived via the CMA, which gained direct fining power up to £300,000 or 10% of turnover in April 2025.

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