At a meeting held Jan. 29, direct selling companies were told to closely look at information being conveyed to the public through advertising, product labeling and distributors, and to stop making false or exaggerated health claims.
Additionally, China has temporarily stopped issuing direct selling licenses and let it be known they would conduct random inspections.
This comes after the founder of direct selling company Quanjian and 17 employees were placed under criminal detention after a 4 year old died of cancer because her father relied solely on their products, which were marketed as anticancer drugs.