CV-NC-20 · standards v1.4.1
Found on 7 of the 2,243 best-selling listings we have ruled, 9 times in total. That is 7 live product pages carrying this wording today.
FDCA s.201(g)(1)(B), 21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)(B)
“definition of 'drug': articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease”
Source checked 2026-08-18.
“the criteria by which FDA determines that a statement is a disease claim rather than a structure/function claim”
Source checked 2026-08-18.
Food and Drugs Act, R.S.C. 1985 c. F-27, s.3 and Schedule A
“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.
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.
Claims Verified, standard CV-NC-20 "for COVID / flu / colds", standards v1.4.1, retrieved 05 November 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-NC-20/
Or put it in your own policy
Marketing copy must not use "for COVID / flu / colds" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-NC-20 (standards v1.4.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-NC-20/
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