FTC Leaves Supplement Industry Still Waiting For Shift Away From RCT Standard For Claims
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FTC's "standard is the same. There's not any per se lower standard for substantiation just because you position your product as a supplement," says agency attorney Michelle Rusk. Supplement industry stakeholders, though, argue that FTC has no basis to require RCTs for structure/function claims.