FDA takes action against fraudulent COVID-19 products

A number of fraudulent products claiming to prevent, treat, mitigate, diagnose or cure COVID-19 are emerging in the world. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing warning letters to firms for selling such fraudulent products. They are actively monitoring to control the marketing of unapproved products and those making false or misleading claims. The detailed list of 76 warning letters related to COVID-19 is given in the table below. 

We can see a wide range of products ranging from hypochlorous spray, cannabidiol products, rapid test kits, iodine products, dietary supplements, hand sanitizers, herbal products, traditional medicines, homeopathic medicines, ayurvedic products, chlorine solution, nasal spray, misleading food products etc. Please have a look on the table for details. 

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Fraudulent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Products | FDA
Date Issued	Firm Name	Product Name and Image1
06/25/2020	Curativa Bay Corporation	Advanced Hypochlorous Skin Spray
06/19/2020	North Isle Wellness Center	Methylene Blue products
06/18/2020	Project 1600 Inc.	Cannabidiol (CBD) products
06/17/2020	KBMO Diagnostics, LLC	“COVID-19 Fingerstick Test Kit”
06/15/2020	antibodiescheck.com	“Antibodies Test Kit for Covid19” (aka “Corona Check Kit,” “Antibodies Check Kit,” “Covid-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Cassette (WB/S/P),” and “Corona Antibodies Test”
06/15/2020	Sonrisa Family Dental dba www.mycovidtest19.com	“Cellex Test Kit” and “Leccurate Test Kit”
06/10/2020	www.outoftheboxremedies.com	Iodine products
06/10/2020	Medakit Ltd	"COVID-19 Rapid Test Kit” (aka “COVID-19 IgM/IgG Rapid Test” and “Covid-19 Fast Test Kit”)
06/08/2020	organic-beauty-recipes.com	Essential oil products
06/04/2020	EUCYT Laboratories LLC	Products derived from human umbilical cord blood and umbilical cord, VidaCord™, VidaGel™ and VidaStem™; an exosome product, XOsomes™; and an amniotic fluid derived product, VidaFlo™
06/01/2020	Dr. Sherrill Sellman	HealthMax Nano-Silver Liquid, Silver Biotics Silver Lozenges with Vitamin C, and Silver Biotics Silver Gel Ultimate Skin & Body Care (collectively, “your silver products”)
05/28/2020	Quadrant Sales & Marketing, Inc.	Non-alcohol based hand sanitizer product
05/28/2020	StayWell Copper Products	“Germ Stopper” products
05/26/2020	Careful Cents, LLC	Essential oil products
05/26/2020	Musthavemom.com	Colloidal silver, vitamins, minerals, herb oils and a homeopathic drug product
05/26/2020	Alternavita	Grapefruit seed extract, colostrum, and cod liver oil products
05/26/2020	CBD Gaze	CBD products including Restorative Botanicals Ultra High Strength Hemp Oil Supplement and Serenity Hemp Liquid Dietary Supplement
05/21/2020	Apollo Holding LLC	“NoronaPak” products, including cannabidiol (CBD) and other supplement products
05/21/2020	North Coast Biologics	“nCoV19 spike protein vaccine”
05/20/2020	SpiceTac	Vitamin C product
05/20/2020	Life Unlearned, LLC	Vitamin D products
05/15/2020	Noetic Nutraceuticals	CBD products
05/15/2020	The Golden Road Kratom	Kratom products
05/15/2020	Natural Solutions Foundation	"Dr. Rima RecommendsTM Nano Silver 10 PPM” products
05/14/2020	White Eagle Native Herbs	Herbal products
05/14/2020	benjaminmcevoy.com	Dietary supplements
05/11/2020	Fusion Health and Vitality LLC	"CORE” and “IMMUNE SHOT”
05/11/2020	Center for New Medicine/Perfectly Healthy by Connealy MD	Camu Camu’s Vitamin C, Vitality C, Immunity Kit, Vitamin D3-K2, Liquid Silver, and Power Immune
05/08/2020	Seanjari Preeti Womb Healing, L.L.C.	Honey product, "COVID-19 COUGH Syrup"
05/08/2020	Plum Dragon Herbs, Inc.	Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products
05/07/2020	Sanit Technologies LLC dba Durisan	Non-alcohol based hand sanitizer products
05/07/2020	AgroTerra, Ltd. dba Patriot Hemp Company	CBD products, silver, iodine, medicinal mushroom, vitamin C, selenium, zinc, vitamin D3, astragalus, and elderberry
05/07/2020	WashingtonsLastFrontier.Com	Essential oils and dietary supplements
05/07/2020	Chronic Lyme Treatments	Herbal products, including "COVID-19 Core Formula," "Immunity Blend," and "Protection Blend"
05/06/2020	GlutaGenic	Viral Protection Kits
05/06/2020	Alive By Nature, Inc.	“NAD+” and “NMN” sublingual gel products
05/04/2020	Honey Colony LLC	"Quicksilver Liposomal Vitamin C w/ Liposomal,” “Jigsaw Magnesium With SRT,” and products labeled to contain silver, including “Silver Excelsior Serum”
05/04/2020	Dr. Dhole's Sushanti Homeopathy Clinic	“Homeopathic Genus Epidemicus”
04/27/2020	Santiste Labs LLC	“DefendTM Patch”
04/27/2020	Hopewell Essential Oils	Essential oils and herbal products
04/23/2020	Prefense LLC	Prefense Hand Sanitizers
04/21/2020	Copper Touch, LLC	"Sani-Bar GK95” and “Sani-Disc GK95D”
04/21/2020	DrJockers.com, LLC	Super C, Vitamin D/K2, Zinc Charge, and ImmunoStrong Berry Liquid
04/16/2020	Nova Botanix LTD DBA CanaBD	CBD products
04/15/2020	The Art Of Cure	Homeopathic drug products
04/14/2020	Earth Angel Oils	Essential oil products
04/13/2020	Gaia Arise Farms Apothecary	“True Viral Defense,” also referred to as “Viral Defense Tincture”
04/13/2020	The GBS dba Alpha Arogya India Pvt Ltd	Ayurvedic products (“Alpha 11” and “Alpha 21”)
04/10/2020	Herbs of Kedem	Herbal products
04/09/2020	Free Speech Systems LLC d.b.a. Infowars.com	“Superblue Silver Immune Gargle,” “SuperSilver Whitening Toothpaste,” “SuperSilver Wound Dressing Gel” and “Superblue Fluoride Free Toothpaste”
04/09/2020	Earthley Wellness dba Modern Alternative Mama LLC	Herbal tinctures and herbal remedy products
04/08/2020	Genesis 2 Church	Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) (chlorine dioxide)
04/08/2020	NRP Organics Ltd	"Fortify Humic Beverage Concentrate” and “Electrify Fulvic Beverage Concentrate”
04/07/2020	CBD Online Store	Cannabidiol (CBD) products
04/07/2020	Savvy Holistic Health dba Holistic Healthy Pet	"China Oral Nosode,” also called “China Corona Nosode," and the “CV Respiratory Kit,” under the description “AN330 – CORONA VIRAL IMMUNE SUPPORT AND/OR ACTIVE RESPIRATORY INFECTION FOR ALL AGES”
04/06/2020	Ananda, LLC DBA Ananda Apothecary	Essential oil products
04/06/2020	Alternative Health Experts LLC DBA Immunization Alternatives	Homeopathic drugs and dietary supplement products
04/06/2020	Cathay Natural, LLC	Herbal products including "CoronaDefender Herbal Sachet-S"
04/06/2020	Native Roots Hemp	Cannabidiol (CBD) products
04/06/2020	Indigo Naturals	Cannabidiol (CBD) products
04/01/2020	Homeomart Indibuy	Homeopathic drugs
04/01/2020	Gaia's Whole Healing Essentials, LLC	Colloidal silver products
04/01/2020	Health Mastery Systems DBA Pure Plant Essentials	Essential oil products
03/31/2020	Neuro XPF	Cannabidiol (CBD) products
03/30/2020	Halosense Inc.	Salt therapy products
03/30/2020	JRB Enterprise Group Inc. DBA Anti Aging Bed	Colloidal silver products
03/30/2020	Bioactive C60/FullerLifeC60 LLC	"FullerLifeC60"
03/26/2020	Corona-cure.com	Corona-Cure Coronavirus Infection Prevention Nasal Spray
03/26/2020	Carahealth	Herbal products, including "Carahealth Immune" also referred to as "Immune Tonic"
03/06/2020	Xephyr LLC dba N-ergetics	Colloidal silver products, including Colloidal Silver 1100 PPM
03/06/2020	GuruNanda, LLC	Essential oil products
03/06/2020	Quinessence Aromatherapy Ltd	Essential oil products
03/06/2020	Vivify Holistic Clinic	Formula #1, Formula #2, Formula #3, and Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset)
03/06/2020	Colloidal Vitality LLC	Products labeled to contain silver
03/06/2020	The Jim Bakker Show	Silver Sol Liquid and products labeled to contain silver
03/06/2020	Herbal Amy Inc.	Coronavirus Protocol (Coronavirus Boneset Tea, Coronavirus Cell Protection, Coronavirus Core tincture, Coronavirus Immune System, and Elderberry Tincture)