http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www Noni Juice - Worthy of a World Wide Warning Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:44:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apologies for the bad translation here but if you want you can read the news at ABC.ES (in Spanish). A man has DIED and another person in the family is affected by a poisoning, presumably associated to the consumption of noni (a tropical fruit) juice, in the granadina locality of Ogíjares. ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/128 From Typically Spanish: "The juice is Tahitian Noni imported by a company in Mexico. The Junta de Andalucía’s health department has issued a warning about a tropical fruit juice understood to be sold over the Internet which could be associated with a fatal case of food poisoning in Ogíjares, Granada ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/127 Public warning issued after tropical juice death By: thinkSPAIN Health authorities in Andalucía have issued an alert after two members of a family from Sevilla fell ill, one of whom has since died, after consuming a tropical fruit juice.  The product is sold in a one litre glass bottle and is ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/126 Becky writes on her blog:  "There is a reesty stench on I-15 right around the Tahitian Noni building (building is on west side of the freeway). It smells like very strong fart...and it makes me want to puke every time I pass it. I have always assumed it's the Tahitian Noni ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/130 Mike Moran is the latest disillusioned TNI IPC. Or, in his own words: I can't understand why I can't get this business going, I have tried very hard, but people just give up as soon as the fast start finishes and nothing I have tried can change their minds. You ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/132 "Thanks for responding to my notice on WAHM. The job is for a Processor for Tahitian Noni International. Processors receive orders, confirm availability, receive payment for the orders and pay employees/vendors. Salary is $2000 monthly, paid bi-weekly via bank wire, plus 5% of every order you process. Orders are processed ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/131 Source: Akron BBB In a case reminiscent of the cure-all potions from the old west, four Attorneys General announced a settlement with Morinda, Inc., a Utah-based marketer of a beverage called "Tahitian Noni." The wonder juice was advertised as having the power to cure or prevent a variety of disorders including ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/125 Source: Utah MLMarketing Noni Super Juice? And it's advertised as helping maintain Cholesterol at healthy levels? This is a billboard for TNI's Noni Juice on the west side of the freeway in Lehi, Utah, only a few miles from the distribution center. It this not a HEALTH CLAIM? The very same ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/124 Source: Utah MLMarketing In a follow-up on our report on May 22nd, 2007 titled Tahitian Noni Juice - Quality (OUT OF) Control?! we can show you the situation with the quarantined Tahitian Noni Juice bottles. Click on the images to enlarge them and read the follow-up information. http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/120 Source: Daily Herald In addition to our publication of the Consent Judgement, Grace Leong at the Daily Herald has run the following article regarding TNI settling their hormone cream suit. A legal dispute involving Tahitian Noni and a California group over a hormone cream the Provo company ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/119 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Case Number BC344046 Click Here to read the Consent Judgment that TNI has agreed to. In short, for those who do not wish to read the entire legal agreement. A while ago we reported that the TNI Tahiti Trim Plan ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/118 Why are tax opportunities and real-estate being promoted at the London Sales office of Tahitian Noni International? You could ask Liquid Assets UK, Ltd. and What If Consultants about that. If you have been approached by a company called Liquid Assets UK, Ltd. or What If Consultants, you can probably ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/116 Has quality control at TNI gone down the drain with quarantined juice spinning out of control and straight into a dumping ground? Recent information that has been provided to us certainly indicates that there are serious quality control problems with the Noni Juice. UPDATE: MORE INFORMATION AND PICTURES HERE We all know ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/115 The Noni Watch has just learned that the Carrick Law Group that had sent a notice of violation to Tahitian Noni regarding the use of Progesterone in Tahiti Trim Plan 40 products have settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Tahitian Noni International will be placing warning labels on ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/114 Source So based on what they pay people to do, which companies get the Pyramid Quack award? One gal, Phyllis, a Tahitian Noni rep for years, told the group this: Typical order: $120 for the Noni juice per month. Pay for getting a customer (who doesn’t sell it) to buy it: 6%. That’s ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/111 Source: FSA Noni de Tahiti Ltd has applied to the Agency sell its noni juice in the under the simplified procedure for approving novel foods. Under the Novel Foods Regulation a novel food is defined as a food that does not have a significant history of being eaten within the European ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/110 On the Noni worldwidewarning site you will often find references to other products that are sold via similar means and fraudulent claims. Since not all products and companies are the same --even though it sure all shares more similarities than differences-- we would like to bring to your attention two ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/109 "I am also worried about what the makeup of Hiro products (marketed under the name taHiro outside of the US) have in them, ie.: Silicon Dioxide (anticaking, only in the Energy), Sucralose (Splenda) and Acesulfame Potassium (to increase sweetness)". "I worry that our leaders who always have made us believe that ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/107 Over the past several months we've been receiving e-mail from TNI IPC's (Independent Product Consultants, is what TNI calls their dealers and distributors in the pyramid scheme, over which they have little or no control). The dealers claim that TNI has lied to them. However, these lies are not about ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/106 What does TNI dealer Jeremiah Charles (MLM "synergizer" and a bartender and manager of a restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida) think about other dealers who raise concerns regarding the products they sell, in particular the use of higly controversial ingredients in TNI's latest product; the HIRO energy drinks? From his ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/105 Tahitian Noni International IPC's (independent product consultants, which is what they call the people who get recruited into the MLM pyramid) are voicing concerns over the use of Sucralose in the HIRO energy drinks. Eva Denes, an IPC from Spain wrote "Not only contains sucralose but also Acesulfame-K. If it had ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/103 NONI juice (Morinda citrifolia) is an increasingly popular wellness drink claimed to be beneficial for many illnesses. No overt toxicity has been reported to date. We present two cases of novel hepatotoxicity of NONI juice. Causality of liver injury by NONI juice was asses-sed. Routine laboratory tests and transjugular or ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/112 Before the end of the month you will see the launch of three new TNI products HIRO™ Energy, HIRO ™ Vitality, and HIRO ™ Mobility. These are beverages that are meant to compete for your dollars with all the other overpriced so-called energy drinks. It is claimed that the HIRO ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/102 If it wasn't enough to put the chemical sweetener Sucralose into the HIRO energy drink, TNI has also added Acesulfame K (also known as Acesulfame Potassium or Ace K, or E950) into the mix. This is another artificial sweetener marketed under the names Sunett and Sweet One. Like Splenda and ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/104 Highly recommended is BELIEVE, the Movie. This movie is a hillarious comedy twist on MLM, Network Marketing, and all the aspects of the almost blind product-related-religious-belief that is required to deal with network marketing. Many of which we have warned you about on this website are portrayed in a funny and ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/97 Not to long ago we pointed out that TNI was using the Splenda artificial sweetener, known for its poisonous components, in some of their products. A reader pointed out a place where Noni distributors in the TNI network marketing arena hang out and what they had to say about Splenda. ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/99 On Saturday the 25th of Feb, 2007, Dr. Williams (the one who has taken the spot of Neil Solomon after he fell out of grace with TNI) will be in NY to "help" medical professionals and IPC's in telling them how his regiment of Noni Juice and spasm release (the ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/98 HIRO, another so called "business opportunity of the centry", just like all the previous ones. Are there going to be actual medical cures associated with this? If it's up to those with a financial interest in the beverage, you can say it's a safe bet there will be. According to ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/95 Source: Switchblade Doctor "The reason for TNI’s success is hucksterism. TNI uses multi-level marketing (MLM) and relies on networking and word-of-mouth advertising to sell its products, which in Utah means insinuating itself shamelessly into the LDS Church’s ladies’ auxiliary organization. (MLM schemes attract distributors by extracting an initial payment and promising ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/96 A Brisbane food retailer got prosecuted and fined $16.000 by the Queensland Health Department for making illegal claims about noni juice. The retailer, through website advertising and brochures, claimed that his tropical gold noni juice was a life-saving elixir that could be used to treat cancer, stroke, and depression. http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/84 Eldon Pierce, a top managing director at Tahitian Noni has resigned because of frustrations and ethical conflicts at TNI. Kelly Olson got into an argument with another director over the massive layoffs. That argument got heated to the point at which security was called in to "assist". Problems at TNI ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/83 Source : Herald Extra The signs and behavior of TNI, indicating that they are suffering both financial and resource problems, are clearly an ingredient in the settlement with Xango over a three year legal dispute over the intellectual property right. Sources inform us that no money was exchanged as part of ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/82 Source : NIH.GOV "A 45-year-old patient was sent to our department because of highly elevated transaminases and elevated lactate dehydrogenase... He took no medication on regular basis... Physical examination did not detect any abnormalities... He admitted that for 'prophylactic reasons' he had been drinking the juice of Noni (Morinda citrifolia). This gave ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/81 Documented: Read all about how Tahitian Noni Internetional founder and management, Kerry and Kim Asay and John J. Wadsworth got involved in a 'Ponzi' scheme with a good $6 million on the line. Check out the Witness Statements outlining the flow of money with the MATHON Management Company, LLC (Arizona/Delaware). ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/80 Source : Department of Justice Tahitian Noni International, Inc. has received a notice of violation of the safe drinking water and toxic enforcement act of 1986 (California Health and Safety Code 25249.5 et. seq.) because of their Tahiti Trim Plan 40 Body Balance Cream and regarding Consumer Progesterone, and Testosterone Creams, ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/79 Neil Solomon, admitted in writing to unethical behavior: sexual abuse of patients. Unethical behavior, sexual misconduct, bankruptcy, said to be a paid speaker for TNI, and there are people who trust his expertise when it comes to Noni? Some do, most wouldn't. It seems that Mr. Solomon's most recent e-mail implies ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/78 Very often we run into evidence that links Mormons and the business practices of Multi Level Marketing, a.k.a. pyramid schemes, to the sales and marketing of Noni Juice using a tightly knit network of people who are skilled in the art of "networking". We have listed a few articles and ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/75 A reader in Germany informed us of the following; Aloha News Europe found in research for the World Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany, that all claims that Noni was a drink in ancient Polynesia are not true. Natives told ANE, that the ancient ones until today used noni juice only ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/73 Source : US Courts On page 157 you can find that Ryan Mitchell Richey has filed and ADA related suit against Tahitian Noni International. Mr. Richey is claiming wrongful termination and failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Are TNI and their facilities not accomodating handicapped individuals? Wouldn't ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/71 This web site (in Dutch, regarding fraud) contains a section on Noni Juice which contains the following (translated) description: "Noni is a tropical fruit. There are only testimonial claims regarding this substance. The testimonial claims regarding Noni are with regard to its benefits against MS, cancer, HIV, and cut off fingers. ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/68 The site www.cancerpage.com presents an article by Chris Thomas which highlights the US Food and Drug Administration's warning letter to a company selling Noni Juice in the context of various testimonials. This excellent article also highlights that Noni has NOT been PROVEN to be effective or safe, or even helpful. It ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/67 Xango is a curiousity to me. I live in Thailand, and I love to eat the mangosteen fruit. However, the Xango literature I've seen suggests Thai people use mangosteen to cure a host of ills. Yet no Thai I've asked to date is aware of mangosteen being any more healthy ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/66 An FTC proposed rule would apply to companies that sell their products through "distributors" or "consultants" that pay to be enrolled as a reseller or a company that offers individuals business assistance. In short, they apply to all companies offering franchise opportunities, vendor machine businesses, and other home-based businesses. The ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/65 Source : ABC News Polynesian medicine for a variety of ailments including cancer, hypertension and diabetes; however, scientific evidence to support these claims is limited at best. Bottom line: It will give you a short burst of energy, but only because of its high natural sugar content. Because it's from a ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/64 Source : FDA FDA stops TNI/Morinda's dried noni fruits at the ports in New Orleans. The FDA has taken this action because, as listed; (1) It appears the food is fabricated from two or more ingredients and the label does not list the common or usual name of each ingredient. (2) ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/63 Source : Australia Tahitian Noni International is having trouble with Trademarks! The Australian Intellectual Property Rights authority shows an opposition from Intel Corp. on the trademark, effectively halting or blocking the Noni Cafe business based on the Trademark that Tahitian Noni International applied for. With the extension to the opposition it ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/62 Source : Caremark Noni has been heavily promoted for an enormous range of uses, including abrasions, arthritis, atherosclerosis, bladder infections, boils, bowel disorders, burns, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, circulatory weakness, colds, cold sores, congestion, constipation, diabetes, drug addiction, eye inflammations, fever, fractures, gastric ulcers, gingivitis, headaches, heart disease, hypertension, improved digestion, ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/61 Noni: A patent for cleaning grease traps and sewer lines! A reader recently pointed out to us the cold hard facts regarding the patent that was granted to Dr. Heincke for Noni. Thanks for the heads up Allen. As Morinda/TNI will proudly tell its distributors, and likewise proud distributors will tell unaware ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/60 A viewer writes; "What is seriously alarming however is her penchant for swindles that involve so-called health supplements. Last year she spent about £350 on six bottles of a wonder cure called "noni juice". This is apparently a Tahitian laxative, but is sold to gullible fools as a cure for anything. Because she ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/59 Source : The Panama News The fugitive who would be king : American, wanted for fraud, runs noni land scheme in Panama. "Noni is a fruit that comes from Polynesia. It looks ugly, and smells and tastes horrible. Medicinal powers have been attributed to it --- it's supposed to keep you ... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/58