# CV-NC-09 · “kills cancer cells / anti-cancer / anti-tumor”

Source: https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-NC-09/

Claims Verified standard CV-NC-09: “kills cancer cells / anti-cancer / anti-tumor”, Critical. The rule, the authority behind it, and the line to cite it by. Standards version v1.4.1.

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CV-NC-09 · standards v1.4.1

# “kills cancer cells / anti-cancer / anti-tumor”

Critical Named condition 1 of 109 standards

## What this standard rests on

**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.

**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.

**Health Canada · CA · statute**

[Food and Drugs Act, R.S.C. 1985 c. F-27, s.3 and Schedule A](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-27/section-3.html)

“restriction on advertising a product to the general public as a treatment, preventative or cure for a Schedule A disease”

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-NC-09 "kills cancer cells / anti-cancer / anti-tumor", standards v1.4.1, retrieved 06 November 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-NC-09/

Or put it in your own policy

Marketing copy must not use "kills cancer cells / anti-cancer / anti-tumor" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-NC-09 (standards v1.4.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-NC-09/

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.

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