CLAIMS that a homeopathic product could be used to treat and prevent COVID-19 have earned a Queenslander a $2,664 fine from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
The medicines regulator had alleged that the individual advertised the use and supply of the product as a "homeopathic immunisation" that implied it could be used to protect against COVID-19.
"The advertising allegedly claimed the product is 'made from the actual COVID virus and will aid in the prevention and treatment of the COVID illness', the TGA said.
"References in advertising to the coronavirus (COVID-19) are a restricted representation and the individual had not been granted relevant authorisation to make the alleged claim.
"Some homoeopathic and natural medicines are exempt from the requirement to be entered in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
"However, advertisers of exempt products must comply with other requirements in the Act, including the rules on restricted representations in advertising, as well as compliance with the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code."
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