# CV-SB-01 · “#1 doctor recommended”

Source: https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-01/

Claims Verified standard CV-SB-01: “#1 doctor recommended”, High. The rule, the authority behind it, and the line to cite it by. Standards version v1.4.1.

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CV-SB-01 · standards v1.4.1

# “#1 doctor recommended”

High Substantiation 1 of 109 standards

## How often we find it

Found on **171** of the 2,243 best-selling listings we have ruled, 189 times in total. That is 171 live product pages carrying this wording today.

## What this standard rests on

**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.

**FTC · US · guidance**

[FTC Health Products Compliance Guidance (December 2022)](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/health-products-compliance-guidance)

“health-benefit claims generally require randomised, controlled human clinical testing; this is the document Walmart's substantiation checklist is asking about”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

**FTC · US · regulation**

[16 CFR 255.1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/part-255)

“advertisers are liable for claims made through endorsements, including claims they could not make directly”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

**Walmart · retailer · supply contract**

[Walmart Standards for Suppliers, Label and Market Products Accurately](https://corporate.walmart.com/suppliers/requirements/standards-for-suppliers)

“suppliers must support any claim they make with adequate substantiation”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

**Ad Standards Canada · CA · self-regulatory code**

[Canadian Code of Advertising Standards, clause 1(e)](https://adstandards.ca/code/the-code-online/)

“claims must be supported by competent and reliable evidence, disclosed to Ad Standards on request”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

## What kind of finding this is

Not a ruling. The claim may be permissible in this form, but only if the brand holds evidence meeting the cited standard. We do not hold or evaluate that evidence. Answer it in column (b).

## Cite this standard

Claims Verified, standard CV-SB-01 "#1 doctor recommended", standards v1.4.1, retrieved 06 November 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-01/

Or put it in your own policy

Marketing copy must not use "#1 doctor recommended" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-SB-01 (standards v1.4.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-01/

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 Substantiation

[CV-SB-02 · best / most effective / strongest](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-02/) [CV-SB-03 · works in [X] days](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-03/) [CV-SB-04 · lose [X] lbs](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-04/) [CV-SB-05 · melts fat / burns fat / torches fat](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-05/) [CV-SB-06 · appetite suppressant](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-06/) [CV-SB-07 · clinical dose (unverified)](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-07/) [CV-SB-08 · studies show (uncited)](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-08/) [CV-SB-09 · all-natural](https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-09/)

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