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US FDA/CFSAN - Legal Context of Consumer Research on Health Claims and Other Food Labeling Claims November 17, 2005

US FDA/CFSAN

Legal Context of Consumer Research on Health Claims and Other Food Labeling Claims

November 17, 2005

What is a Health Claim?

For FDA purposes, a "health claim" is an express or implied statement in food labeling about the relationship of a food substance to a disease or health-related condition.
See 21 U.S.C. 343(r)(1)(B); 21 C.F.R. 101.14(a)(1).
Different from ordinary English meaning of "health claim" as "any claim about health"

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