[2] Though large scale studies conducted across the world show that homeopathy is a pseudoscience and its remedies have been found to be no more effective than placebo.
[12] The Commerce Commission, which administers the Fair Trading Act, has prosecuted companies for misleading claims about homeopathic products.
In 1997 SCI Natural (NZ) Ltd was to be prosecuted for claims that the Soft Seaweed Soap product would help people to lose weight.
[13] A Tauranga-based couple who specialised in homeopathic remedies pleaded guilty to 19 charges under the Fair Trading Act in 2008 for making misleading claims.
[14] as they claimed their anti-terror kit could protect or cure anthrax, botulism, smallpox, bird flu, the Sars virus and other conditions.