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A law that regulates dietary supplements, including their safety and efficacy.
Dietary supplements in the U.S. are regulated as a category of food under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) rather than as drugs, which means they generally enter the market with...
Regulation of weight‑loss supplements is split between the FDA, which polices safety, manufacturing, and labeling after products hit the market, and the FTC, which enforces truth‑in‑advertising and su...
The treats —including products marketed for —under a food-based framework established by , which means they generally do not require premarket approval for safety or efficacy and are regulated differe...
Verified celebrity endorsements for and wellness products do exist, but they sit in a fraught legal and regulatory landscape: the requires honest disclosure of paid endorsements , while the treats die...
Regulators evaluate supplement marketing claims against a substantiation standard that emphasizes truthful, non‑misleading evidence and that is coordinated between the FDA (labeling) and the FTC (adve...
Companies can legally use celebrity names, likenesses and testimonials to market dietary supplements so long as endorsements are truthful, disclose any material connection, and the marketer has adequa...
There is a robust federal framework for dietary supplement labeling and quality overseen by the FDA under DSHEA and implementing regulations, but the provided reporting does not identify any specific ...
Consumers can reduce risk by favoring products that have been independently tested and certified, buying from reputable outlets, checking manufacturer transparency and labeling, and consulting health ...