CV-PP-11 · standards

“Legal steroids / anabolic effect”

Critical Platform policy 1 of 98 standards

How often we find it

Found on 17 of the 1,524 best-selling listings we have ruled, 21 times in total. That is 17 live product pages carrying this wording today.

What this standard rests on

Amazon · platform · platform policy

Amazon Seller Central, Dietary Supplements policy

“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)

“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)

“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

“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 v1.3.1, retrieved 16 September 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 v1.3.1): 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. Rulings are our published professional opinion, not legal advice.

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