# CV-LC-03 · “Canadian-licensed wording that is a US disease claim”

Source: https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-LC-03/

Claims Verified standard CV-LC-03: “Canadian-licensed wording that is a US disease claim”, High. The rule, the authority behind it, and the line to cite it by. Standards version v1.4.1.

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CV-LC-03 · standards v1.4.1

# “Canadian-licensed wording that is a US disease claim”

High Licence scope 1 of 109 standards

Runs the other way: the Canadian licence is the EVIDENCE, not the rule breached. Health Canada authorised the wording and the brand did nothing wrong, so this is written as a warning that the two markets diverge and never as an accusation.

## How often we find it

Found on **1** of the 2,243 best-selling listings we have ruled, 1 time in total. That is 1 live product page carrying this wording today.

## What this standard rests on

**FDA · US · regulation**

[21 CFR 101.93(g)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.93)

“the criteria by which FDA determines that a statement is a disease claim rather than a structure/function claim”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

**FDA · US · statute**

[FDCA s.201(g)(1)(B), 21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)(B)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/321)

“definition of 'drug': articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

**Health Canada · CA · regulation**

[Natural Health Products Regulations, SOR/2003-196, s.14(1)(h)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2003-196/FullText.html)

“the licence itself sets out the recommended use or purpose that is AUTHORIZED for the product; this is the text the LNHPD publishes and the text marketing is measured against”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

## What kind of finding this is

An interpretation. We applied a published legal test to the published copy and reached a conclusion. Reasonable reviewers applying the same test can disagree at the margin; this is our reviewer's professional opinion, and the test is cited so you can check the reasoning.

## Cite this standard

Claims Verified, standard CV-LC-03 "Canadian-licensed wording that is a US disease claim", standards v1.4.1, retrieved 06 November 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-LC-03/

Or put it in your own policy

Marketing copy must not use "Canadian-licensed wording that is a US disease claim" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-LC-03 (standards v1.4.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-LC-03/

Cite it freely with attribution and the version. The whole register is machine-readable at [/standards/registry.json](https://claimsverified.org/standards/registry.json). Rulings are our published professional opinion, not legal advice.

## Others in Licence scope

[CV-LC-01 · Claim exceeds the licensed use or purpose (Canada)](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-LC-01/) [CV-LC-02 · No Canadian product licence for a product sold in Canada](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-LC-02/)

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