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
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Purpose of Health Claims
- To allow foods (including dietary supplements) to bear certain science-backed claims about disease prevention in their labeling without being regulated as drugs
- Risk reduction claims, not "silver bullet" ("Take Ultimate Tablets and you'll never get cancer")
