According to Bloomberg, "various lab tests" have shown that stores like CVS, Walmart and Target sell products that "showed no indication of the plant" despite listing aloe barbadensis leaf juice as the first or second ingredient.
And since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn't evaluate or approve cosmetics before they're sold, there's nothing stopping retailers from selling the products as advertised.
Lawsuits filed against the four retailers claim that customers were misled and that "no reasonable person would have purchased or used the products if they knew the products did not contain any aloe vera."
Read more at Bloomberg.
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