Riway has been prosecuted by Singaporean authorities over false well being claims associated to its Purtier complement.
Riway’s run in with Singapore’s Well being Sciences Authority (FDA equal), began in 2016.
Since then the HSA has ‘issued a number of warnings and advisories to Riway on the false and deceptive well being claims made by the corporate and their sellers’.
The HSA’s newest investigation started in 2019, following studies Riway was nonetheless advertising Purtier as a remedy for most cancers.
The HSA’s investigation led to it discovering
two advertising supplies printed by Riway for its product distributors and one different materials for its clients.
These supplies contained objectionable claims that the product will forestall, alleviate or remedy ailments or circumstances specified within the First Schedule to the Medicines Act.
These included “remedy sufferers with diabetes”, “anti-tumour” and “anti-cancer results”.
The HSA went on to verify
there aren’t any scientifically verified printed scientific research that show that Purtier Placenta can remedy or enhance most cancers circumstances, forestall or deal with diabetes and problems similar to poor wound therapeutic and nerve harm.
Riway’s Purtier advertising claims are primarily based on the inclusion of stem cells within the complement.
As a part of their findings, the HSA debunked these advertising claims;
The declare that Purtier Placenta accommodates stem cells which are in a position to assist alleviate or remedy sure ailments or circumstances is fake.
Purtier Placenta is obtainable as a capsule to be consumed orally. There are additionally no particular storage circumstances for the product.
For stem cells to retain their exercise, they should be saved underneath very chilly temperatures e.g., minus 196 levels centigrade.
Moreover, stem cells which are taken orally can be destroyed by the enzymes within the gastrointestinal tract as they’re protein-based substances.
In mild of ongoing violations of Singapore’s Medicines Act, the HSA took Riway to courtroom and received.
Riway was convicted in Court docket on 15 July 2021 and fined $3,000 underneath the Medicines Act.
The fined quantity is a little bit of a joke however hopefully if Riway continues to make unlawful medical claims, more durable penalties can be obtainable.
In its prosecution announcement the HSA issued a contemporary client advisory, recommending the general public keep away from buying Purtier.
Keep away from buying and consuming well being dietary supplements with exaggerated claims to remedy, forestall or deal with ailments or medical circumstances, similar to “remedy sufferers with diabetes”, “anti-tumour”, “anti-cancer results”, and so forth.
Be cautious of sellers who share tales of people who’ve been “cured” of their medical circumstances after taking a well being complement.
Such tales aren’t dependable proof of the effectiveness of a product for medical remedy.
Well being dietary supplements can not change medical remedy.
By taking them rather than prescribed treatment, there’s a threat of delaying or interrupting correct medical remedy, which can worsen your medical situation.
Seek the advice of your physician you probably have any severe or persistent medical circumstances.
I stand by that recommendation 100%.
You’ll discover a related response from me any time somebody exhibits up on BehindMLM with a miracle story to push their MLM opp. Or the basic “I’m not an affiliate however…”
Right here at BehindMLM we first documented Riway’s unlawful medical claims in 2018. In March 2020 we printed a report detailing Purtier being marketed as a COVID-19 remedy.
Riway is run by Singaporean nationwide Lim Boon Hong (proper).
BehindMLM reviewed Riway in October 2018. We discovered questionable merchandise coupled with a compensation that lacked retail focus.
This mix lends itself to Riway working as a product-based pyramid scheme.
The feedback part of the evaluate is filled with Riway associates making unsubstantiated claims about Purtier.
When pressed, up to now none of them have been in a position to present verifiable proof of their claims.
