NEW YORK, March 26 /PRNewswire/ — Dreier LLP (http://www.dreierllp.com) today
announced that a class action lawsuit was commenced in the United States
District Court for the District of Utah, on behalf of purchasers of the
common stock of USANA Health Sciences, Inc. ("USANA" or the "Company")
(Nasdaq: USNA) during the period July 18, 2006 through March 14, 2007,
inclusive (the "Class Period"). The complaint alleges violations of the
federal securities laws, including Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.




    If you purchased USANA common stock during the Class Period, you may be
a member of the proposed Class. You must move the Court on or before May
25, 2007 if you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff. Lead plaintiffs must
meet certain legal requirements. To learn more about this lawsuit or if you
are interested in serving as a lead plaintiff, please contact plaintiff’s
counsel, Lee A. Weiss (classlaw@dreierllp.com) of Dreier LLP at
800-952-8897. Class members may retain counsel of their choice and move the
Court to serve as a lead plaintiff, or may choose to do nothing and remain
absent class members.

    USANA is a health sciences company engaged in the manufacture and sale
of nutritional and personal care products headquartered in Salt Lake City,
Utah. The Complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants
issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company’s
business and financial results and failed to disclose, among other things,
that: (1) the Company’s multi-level marketing system was operating as a
pyramid scheme; (2) the majority of the Company’s Associates did not sell
to consumers, but sold to other Associates; (3) the Company was
experiencing an exceedingly high Associate attrition rate, resulting in an
unsustainable sales force; (4) 74% of the Company’s new Associates were
failing within the first year; and (5) 87% of the Company’s Associates were
losing money. The Complaint further alleges that, as a result of these
false statements and omissions, USANA common stock traded at artificially
inflated or distorted prices. On March 15, 2007, the Fraud Discovery
Institute issued a press release and The Wall Street Journal published an
article concerning a three-year investigation by the Fraud Discovery
Institute that had revealed that USANA’s multi-level marketing system was
an unsustainable pyramid scheme. In reaction to this news, the price of the
Company’s stock declined $8.92 per share, or 15%, to close on March 15,
2007 at $49.85 per share, on unusually heavy trading volume. Plaintiff
seeks to recover damages on behalf of all members of the proposed Class.

    The plaintiff is represented by Dreier LLP. Dreier LLP’s Class Action
Litigation Group has vast experience representing domestic and foreign
institutional and individual investors in securities and other class
actions throughout the country. The partners who head Dreier LLP’s Class
Action Litigation Group have successfully prosecuted securities fraud class
actions in a wide variety of industries and have played a significant role
in cases that have resulted in some of the largest securities class action
settlements.

SOURCE Dreier LLP