The Texas Attorney General’s Office is suing companies from Texas and Georgia accused of misleading mostly Hispanic consumers by selling a dietary supplement under a name similar to the Spanish translation of a widely used antibiotic.
The lawsuit filed May 5 in state district court claims the companies further their marketing ploy by making the packaging similar to that of Amoxicillin. The suit says the antibiotic was once available in Mexico without a prescription.
The state said it obtained a temporary restraining order against San Martin Distributing Inc. of Houston and Lawrenceville Ga.-based Multimex Distributions Inc.
Multimex owner Sandra Salazar says her company didn’t intend to mislead customers. Officials with San Martin didn’t immediately return a phone message.
The lawsuit seeks civil penalties of up to $20,000 per violation.
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