Basically Shut Down

Hendersonville-based supplement company Basic Reset has been shut down by court order after selling items as legitimate treatments for common ailments -- including a special necklace that supposedly wards off cancer.

Here's more from the Tennessean:

A federal judge ordered a Middle Tennessee distribution company to shut down on Tuesday after prosecutors accused the business of blurring the line between proven medicine and dietary supplements with no scientifically-backed use.

Prosecutors also said the company was selling an $80 necklace based on false claims that it could ward off childhood cancer by protecting against electromagnetic waves.

Basic Reset, which also goes by the name Biogenyx, must halt all sales unless its products are reviewed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration and an independent auditor, according to a court order from U.S. District Judge William Campbell. 

The shutdown is in response to Basic Reset and it's owners failing four FDA inspections since 2012. Prosecutors petitioned the judge to take action last week, saying the owners were "repeatedly warned" about the company's violations of federal laws.

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