In March 2010, a report by the Government Accountability Office stated that the Energy Star program had accepted 15 out of 20 bogus products submitted for approval.

Airdate: December 5, 2004 Challenge: Sell bogus products to the public and the most sales wins.

His defense at the trial was that he did not know about the distribution of the bogus product, which was misrepresented as pure apple juice, until June 25, 1982.

The consumers of this bogus product were babies.

But the counterfeiting and adulteration have been fostered by Internet sales and by a complicated supply chain that offers criminals a chance to substitute bogus products.

"Every time there is a bogus product out there, and it happens every year, a lot of us in the industry cringe," Mr. Hawthorne said.

Assessing the extent of the baby formula counterfeiting is difficult, and there is no way to know how many babies might have consumed bogus products.

It is causing the desertification of the poorest rural areas, is having a damaging effect on the environment and makes the sale of bogus products easier.

I can think of few things more despicable than conning OAPs out of their savings for such bogus products.