No Shades Here; ‘Grey Defence’ Company Says Its Products Are Legal
The head of a Cheyenne-based company that markets dietary supplements claiming to prevent or reverse gray hair asserts the Federal Trade Commission is telling some bald-faced lies.
"The Plaintiff (FTC) has alleged misconduct by the Defendants," COORGA Nutraceuticals' executive vice president Garfield Coore wrote in his answer filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
"However, the Plaintiff has provided no evidence to support its allegation, a burden that rest solely on its shoulders," wrote Coore, who is representing himself.
Coore wants the court to dismiss the demand for the injunction, and order the FTC to pay its costs for defending itself, award damages for loss of reputation and issue two press releases stating its Grey Defence products s are legal.
He and COORGA claim “Grey Defence" “‘contains a blend of vitamins and minerals, as well as catalase, an enzyme used by cells to rapidly catalyze the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into less-reactive gaseous oxygen and water molecules,’” according to the FTC's citation.
COORGA’s website cites the “summarized findings and statistical analysis” of a study it did by selecting 100 customers who used it for five months. Twenty of those 100 customers responded. Thirteen of those indicated they saw grey hair reversal.