QuestionsQuestions (BFAD MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 25 S. 1992)
It confirms an additional labeling requirement that applicants for registration must print on the label the words "No approved therapeutic claims."
A food supplement refers to those used for supplementing or fortifying the ordinary or usual diet with any vitamin, mineral, or other dietary property.
Any particular use of a food as a special dietary use applies regardless of whether the food is also intended, represented, or sold for general use.
To ensure products are not commercially sold or advertised with therapeutic claims.
No. The circular states that food supplements are special dietary uses regardless of whether they also purport to be or are represented for general use.
To confirm and guide all concerned on the requirement that supplement labels include the phrase "No approved therapeutic claims".
All concerned parties involved in the registration and labeling of food supplements, particularly applicants for registration.
Therapeutic claims.
Claims that suggest the product can treat, cure, mitigate, or otherwise have therapeutic effects on health conditions.
Administrative Order No. 62 s. 1968.
It requires the label statement "No approved therapeutic claims," indicating that therapeutic claims must not be made (or cannot be represented as approved) for the product.
They must print the phrase "No approved therapeutic claims" on the label as part of the registration-related requirements.
It was adopted on October 15, 1992.
A product is treated as a special dietary use if it is used to supplement or fortify the ordinary or usual diet (even if it is also represented for general use).