Brazil's Advertising Council Investigates Influencers for Promoting Banned Weight Loss Pens
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- UOL
- Folha de S.Paulo
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The National Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (Conar) has opened a process to investigate Brazilian influencers who promoted weight loss pens from Paraguay that are banned in Brazil. The investigation follows a July report by Folha de S.Paulo revealing that actors, singers, and former Big Brother Brazil contestants promoted products such as Lipoless, Lipoland, and Tirzec. These products lack sanitary registration from the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa).
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- The center-left outlet provided an identical account of the events, framing the situation as a regulatory investigation into prohibited product promotion.
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- The center outlet presented the facts as a regulatory and legal matter focusing on the specific laws and Conar procedures.
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