Many companies focus on the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) when it comes to labeling compliance, but few realize that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has jurisdiction over the health claims contained in your product’s labels, advertising, and marketing. Even if your product has a successful clinical trial, your marketing team must still comply with limitations regarding how you communicate those findings. How can you be sure your claims are sufficiently substantiated?

When you include a health claim on your labels, website, or other advertising methods, you are claiming that a relationship exists between your product and a specific health outcome. This claim must be substantiated with sufficient high quality scientific evidence. Companies with insufficient evidence to substantiate claims are at risk of adverse actions from regulatory authorities.