CLAIM RULINGS · IMPLIED DRUG

Can a supplement say “prescription strength” or “pharmaceutical grade”?

No. Both imply drug equivalence, and “pharmaceutical grade” has no FDA meaning for supplements at all, so it cannot be substantiated even in principle. Remove it and use a standard someone can check instead, such as third-party tested.

SEVERITY WE ASSIGN
HIGH
STANDARD FAMILY
Implied drug
ENFORCED BY
FDA, FTC, Amazon
§ 01 · WHY IT FAILS

The rule this runs into

Implies drug equivalence; 'pharmaceutical grade' has no FDA meaning for supplements.

We file this under implied drug and rate it high. It is enforced by FDA, FTC, Amazon, which matters because a single phrase can fail in more than one place at once: a listing suppression, an ad-account review and a warning letter are three different consequences of the same sentence.

§ 02 · WHAT TO SAY INSTEAD

The compliant version

This is the rewrite an audit ships for this phrase, in the words we would hand you.

THE RULING’S OWN REWRITE

Remove. Use a verifiable standard instead (e.g. 'third-party tested').

Every structure/function claim on this page still needs the FDA disclaimer wherever it appears. That requirement has its own ruling.

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§ 03 · NEARBY RULINGS

Same family, same trap

HIGH · IMPLIED DRUG
Can a supplement say “anti-inflammatory”?
CRITICAL · IMPLIED DRUG
Can a supplement say “relieves pain”?
HIGH · IMPLIED DRUG
Can a supplement say “detox” or “cleanses toxins”?
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