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Pending Government Action

CASE NO.: 1:20CV21601
Florida: In April 2020, the Food and Drug Administration brought action against GENESIS II CHURCH OF HEALTH AND HEALING, Mark Grenon, Joseph Grenon, Jordan Grenon, and Jonathan Grenon alleging that the defendants sell and distribute a product called Miracle Mineral Solution, also referred to as MMS. In the United States District Court Southern District of Florida (CASE NO.: 1:20CV21601) entered a temporary injunction halting the sale of an unapproved, unproven, and potentially dangerous coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment product.




Genesis sells MMS through its websites claiming that it will cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent Coronavirus, which includes COVID-19, as well as other diseases including Alzheimer's, autism, brain cancer, HIV/AIDS, and multiple sclerosis, among others. MMS is a chemical product which, when combined with the included activator, creates a powerful bleach product that the defendant's market for oral ingestion. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has previously issued public warnings to consumers that MMS can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and symptoms of severe dehydration. The Justice Department sought preliminary relief from the court.




The complaint alleges that defendants' disease-related treatment claims are unsupported by any well-controlled clinical studies or other credible scientific substantiation. Additionally, the complaint asserts that MMS's labeling is false and misleading and that since defendants make disease-related treatment claims about MMS in the absence of any clinical data, the products are misbranded.


On April 8, 2020, FDA, jointly with the Federal Trade Commission, issued a Warning Letter to Defendants notifying them that they are violating federal law (both the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as well as the Federal Trade Commission Act) by, among other things, distributing unapproved new drugs and misbranded drugs in interstate commerce. Despite this warning, the complaint alleges, the defendants not only continue to sell MMS with claims that it cures, mitigates, treats, or prevents Coronavirus, which includes COVID-19, but they have also expressly stated that they will not take corrective action.




At this time the case is still pending. For more information please visit www.justice.gov/civil/consumer-protection-branch. For more information about the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, visit its website at www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl.




For information about the Department of Justice's efforts to stop illegal COVID-19-related activity, visit www.justice.gov/coronavirus.




For the most up-to-date information on COVID-19, consumers may visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO websites.




The public is urged to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline (1-866-720-5721) or by e-mailing the NCDF at [email protected].

Pending Government Action

CASE NO.:20-MJ-03050
Florida: In July 2020, the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida brought action against GENESIS II CHURCH OF HEALTH AND HEALING, Mark Grenon, Joseph Grenon, Jordan Grenon, and Jonathan Grenon alleging that the defendants sell and distribute a product called Miracle Mineral Solution, also referred to as MMS. In the United States District Court Southern District of Florida (CASE NO.:20-MJ-03050) entered a criminal complaint affidavit which if convicted of all charges defendants can  face a maximum of between 14 and more than 17 years in prison.



According to the criminal complaint affidavit, Mark Grenon, 62, and his sons, Jonathan Grenon, 34, Jordan Grenon, 26, and Joseph Grenon, 32, alleges that, before marketing MMS as a cure for COVID-19, the Grenons marketed MMS as a miracle cure-all for dozens of other serious diseases and disorders, including cancer, Alzheimer's, autism, multiple sclerosis, and HIV/AIDS, even though the FDA had not approved MMS for any use. The Grenons allegedly sold tens of thousands of bottles of MMS nationwide, including to consumers throughout South Florida. They sold this dangerous product under the guise of Genesis II Church of Health and Healing ("Genesis"), an entity they allegedly created in an attempt to avoid government regulation of MMS. According to the charging documents, Genesis' own websites describe Genesis as a "non-religious church," and Defendant Mark Grenon, the co-founder of Genesis, has repeatedly acknowledged that Genesis "has nothing to do with religion," and that he founded Genesis to "legalize the use of MMS" and avoid "going to jail."



The criminal charges against the Grenons allege that they willfully violated these court orders. According to the complaint affidavit, the Grenons sent letters to the judge presiding over the civil case saying that they would not comply with the Court's orders. The Grenons also threatened violence in the letters. The criminal complaint affidavit quotes from these letters.



Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.