CLAIM RULINGS · PLATFORM POLICY

Can a supplement ad say “Struggling with [condition]?”

Not on Meta. Meta prohibits ad copy that implies knowledge of a reader’s personal health status, and that is what the question form does. Speak about the product rather than the reader: “Formulated to support restful sleep.” This one fails on ad policy before any FDA or FTC question is reached.

SEVERITY WE ASSIGN
HIGH
STANDARD FAMILY
Platform policy
ENFORCED BY
Meta
§ 01 · WHY IT FAILS

The rule this runs into

Meta prohibits ad copy implying knowledge of a user's personal health status.

We file this under platform policy and rate it high. It is enforced by Meta, 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

Speak about the product, not the reader: 'Formulated to support restful sleep.'

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

CRITICAL · PLATFORM POLICY
Can an Amazon supplement listing use disease keywords in the title or bullets?
HIGH · PLATFORM POLICY
Can a supplement use disease terms in Amazon backend search keywords?
HIGH · SUBSTANTIATION
Can a supplement say “Non-GMO”?
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