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Young Living Admitted As Member To DSA

by Ramya Chandrasekaran • October 2, 2015 • 0 Comments

Young Living Essential Oils, LC, the world leader in essential oils, today announced its admittance and membership into the Direct Selling Association (DSA). This distinction signifies Young Living’s commitment to maintaining the highest level of compliance standards and ensuring customer satisfaction.
DSA’s extensive application process examines prospective members’ business practices and marketing plans to ensure compliance with its Code of Ethics, which sets high standards for ethics and accountability in the marketplace for direct selling.

“Young Living sets the industry standard for quality products with its Seed to Seal® process, culture, customer service and farms around the world,” said Travis Ogden, Chief Operating Officer. “We are honored DSA recognizes our efforts and ongoing commitment to excellence. We are pleased that our high standards conform with DSA’s Code of Ethics.”

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FDA Sends Warning Letter To DoTerra And Young Living

by Tina Williams • September 27, 2015 • 0 Comments

The Raw Food World reports: Essential oils are used in aromatherapy and may provide numerous health benefits. These oils are starting to be explored by the scientific community for their effectiveness in treating cancer, HIV, asthma, bronchitis, heart disease and strokes.
It appears that the FDA is not too happy about this healing potential. This past week, Young Living and doTERRA both received letters from the FDA claiming that their products are being marketed as unapproved drugs. The companies are being told that they have to remove all health claims and take corrective actions or they face serious legal consequences. Considering past FDA threats, these consequences would most likely look like armed federal marshals ransacking their warehouses and seizing all of their products.
FDA sends letters to Young Living and doTerra claiming their products

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FDA Issues Warning Letters To Reprimand False Claims

by Nicole Dunkley • September 25, 2014 • 0 Comments

Young Living and doTERRA distributors were reprimanded after the Food and Drug Administration FDA issued warning statements via overnight delivery to CEO Gary Young and David Stirling. Young Living and doTERRA both use independent distributors as a sales-force.
The majority of complaints the FDA issued in the warning letters involved the way some independent distributors marketed the companies’ products. Primarily, the FDA was concerned with Young Living and doTERRA consultants’ online marketing material for the brands’ essential oils.
According to FDA regulations, neither dietary supplements nor essential oils are allowed to be marketed by the company that sells them in such a way that it appears as though the products can prevent, cure or treat any disease. If a company does market in that manner, the product is considered a drug by the FDA. If a product is a drug, it must be approved by the FDA. So, any product marketed to cure, treat or prevent a disease, that is not already an FDA approved drug, is considered an illegal, unapproved drug by the FDA.
The FDA found that Young Living essential oils were marketed for “viral infections (including ebola), Parkinson’s disease, autism, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, insomnia, heart disease, post-traumatic stress disorder