Big fines for big coronavirus claims about food supplements

Shop owners who posted false health claims for food supplements, claiming they could help or prevent coronavirus infection, have been hit with fines of up to €150,000. A team of government inspectors spent four months checking for online advertising spreading the claims. ‘The fines are disproportionately high,’ one of the shop owners told RTL Nieuws. The man, who wanted to remain anonymous because he will be disputing the fine, said he had received two €10,000 fines in quick succession because...