Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2015
UK health-claim advertising criticism
The UK Advertising Standards Authority criticized claims that Forever Living products could cure or treat conditions including diabetes and Crohn's disease and warned against the use of health professionals in promotional material.
2015
UK inquiry into NHS staff acting as sales representatives
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency investigated reports that NHS employees were working as Forever Living salespeople outside their primary employment.
2013
Ugandan distributor profitability criticism
A New Vision investigation reported that many Ugandan distributors did not recover their expenses and criticized the company's distribution system as failing to guarantee profits.
2004
Hungarian advertising and product-registration violations
Hungarian authorities found violations involving advertising, nutritional-product registration, and the presentation of cosmetics as medicinal products. The company was reported to have been fined 60 million Hungarian forints.
2003
Philippine investigation into the distributor model
A three-part Manila Times report compared Forever Living's distributor structure with an illegal pyramid scheme and questioned whether rewards depended more on recruiting participants than on sales to genuine end users.