BELINDA Gae Harris, trading under the name Tickety-Boo Herbal, has been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment, a community corrections order, and fines of $20,000 for unlawfully advertising and supplying black salve and bloodroot capsules, and for advertising other unapproved therapeutic goods to treat serious conditions.
Harris was released on a good behaviour bond and is banned from making restricted and prohibited representations about therapeutic goods by any means, including on social media.
The conviction followed a TGA investigation, where Harris was charged with 12 offences and found guilty of 10.
In delivering the sentence, Her Honour Magistrate Humphreys said "the offending was deliberate and planned".
"The Court has an obligation to deter similar offending as it is of a kind that could cause great harm," continued Humphreys.
"The existence of a community of persons interested in the use of potentially dangerous alternative treatments for serious illnesses such as cancer adds weight to the need for general deterrence.
"Others involved in such communities must be dissuaded from engaging in similar conduct."
Black salve and bloodroot capsules contain sanguinarine, a substance included in Schedule 10 to the Poisons Standard - substances considered to be of such danger to public health that they are prohibited from sale, supply or use in Australia.
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