False advertising: FDA up in arms over diet underwear The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers yesterday not to buy “infra-red” underwear, saying claims that infra-red pellets in the garments would help wearer shed weight were rubbish. FDA officials would be dispatched to shopping centres across the country to find out where the “Body and Beauty” garments are being sold, a spokesman said. Anyone found selling the underwear would be arrested. – The Nation.