# CV-PP-11 · “Legal steroids / anabolic effect”

Source: https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-11/

Claims Verified standard CV-PP-11: “Legal steroids / anabolic effect”, Critical. The rule, the authority behind it, and the line to cite it by. Standards version v1.4.1.

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CV-PP-11 · standards v1.4.1

# “Legal steroids / anabolic effect”

Critical Platform policy 1 of 109 standards

## How often we find it

Found on **18** of the 2,243 best-selling listings we have ruled, 22 times in total. That is 18 live product pages carrying this wording today.

## What this standard rests on

**Amazon · platform · platform policy**

[Amazon Seller Central, Dietary Supplements policy](https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/external/G201829010)

“prohibited claims in listing content including title, bullets, description and search terms”

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.

**FTC · US · statute**

[FTC Act s.5(a), 15 U.S.C. 45(a)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/45)

“unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

**PayPal · platform · processor policy**

[PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, Prohibited Activities](https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/paypal/acceptableuse-full)

“transactions involving steroids and products that present a risk to consumer safety”

Source checked 2026-09-13.

## 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-PP-11 "Legal steroids / anabolic effect", standards v1.4.1, retrieved 06 November 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-11/

Or put it in your own policy

Marketing copy must not use "Legal steroids / anabolic effect" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-PP-11 (standards v1.4.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-11/

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 Platform policy

[CV-PP-01 · Struggling with [condition]?](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-01/) [CV-PP-02 · Do you suffer from...](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-02/) [CV-PP-03 · Before / after imagery](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-03/) [CV-PP-04 · Zoomed body-part imagery](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-04/) [CV-PP-05 · Negative self-perception framing](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-05/) [CV-PP-06 · Health claims in ad headline](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-06/) [CV-PP-07 · Drug/supplement comparison in ads](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-07/) [CV-PP-08 · Disease keyword in Amazon title/bullets](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PP-08/)

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