Fake Hoodia Scams Abound - Make Sure You`re Buying The Real Deal
Released on = September 2, 2006, 8:10 pm
Press Release Author = Supercharged Weight Loss
Industry = Healthcare
Press Release Summary = Most Hoodia products being sold on the net today are nothing
more than capsules filled with unidentifiable plant material and sawdust. Crooks and
ripoff artists are exploiting the Hoodia weight loss craze in America and scamming
people into paying 40 bucks a bottle for fake Hoodia.
Press Release Body = Pure South African Hoodia Gordonii is rare, expensive and
rapidly becoming as exclusive of a commodity as diamonds. There is only one place in
the world where authentic Hoodia Gordonii is grown for commercial export and that is
the Western Cape of South Africa. There are only 5 major farmers on the African
continent authorized to grow Hoodia Gordononii and of those, only one has
authorization to sell the pure powder directly to the US market.
Real Hoodia costs around 300 US Dollars per kilo and is available only to companies
licensed by the FDA and USDA to import terrestrial plants. At this price, pure
Hoodia Gordonii is one of the most expensive herbs on the market and many hopeful
Hoodia manufactures cannot or will not pay the high prices involved with using
authentic Hoodia Gordonii.
The scarcity and expense of pure Hoodia Gordonii is causing a worldwide scam of fake
Hoodia products being sold. Many of these Hoodia imposters claim to have the real
thing but lab testing shows they are actually offering a common cactus called
Opuntia or Chinesse Extract. And what is even worse is some fake hoodia products
contained ground plant material of \'unknown origins\', starch, maltodextrin, rice
powders, and sawdust! So its no wonder that one third of all hopeful Hoodia
consumers have had bad results, they are buying bogus products sold to them by rip
off artists that contain absolutely no genuine Hoodia Gordonii!
The good news is there are three Sure-Fire ways to verify the authenticity of
Genuine Hoodia Gordonii products before you buy them. The primary method for
determining that the vendor is selling you genuine Hoodia Gordonii is to look for a
document called the C.I.T.E.S certificate. This is a certificate issued by Cape
Nature of South Africa. It stands for the Convention on International Trade of
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Hoodia Gordonii is a protected plant
species and it can only be sold and exported when a valid C.I.T.E.S certificate has
been issued. Without this certification, any attempt to import Hoodia into the
United States will be seized by US Customs at the point of entry. So, you can be
certain that if they have a valid CITES certificate, you are buying the real deal.
But beware! Some websites claim to have a valid CITES certificate, but when you look
at it you will notice the importer and/or exporter have been whited-out. A real
certificate will clearly state the legal importer and exporter for the shipment. So
take a good close look before you decide that they are legitimate Hoodia vendors.
The second way to authenticate genuine hoodia importers is to ask to view their USDA
Import License. All Hoodia Gordonii importers must have a valid USDA license and be
registered by the Food and Drug Administration. Any honest Hoodia Gornodii supply
company will happily, in fact proudly display all of these credentials to verify
they are lawful trustworthy suppliers. If they seem hesitant, or their paperwork
seems shifty or incomplete, look elsewhere for your Hoodia, don\'t let yourself
become their next victim.
The final and perhaps most decisive method to verify genuine Hoodia products is
called the Alkemists Lab Report which I discuss in full detail at my website:
Superchargedweightloss.com/weight-loss-supplements/pure-hoodia-gordonii.htm to help
you decisively authenticate pure Hoodia Gordonii products from the imposters.
Web Site = http://superchargedweightloss.com/weight-loss-diets/weight-loss-diets.htm
Contact Details = Jennifer L. Wilson
174 Jeepers Drive
Naples , 34112
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