Prohibited Product Claims
Note: Reminder: You must comply with all applicable federal laws when listing and selling products on Sizzle. You must also comply with the state and local laws applicable to the jurisdiction into which your products are sold.
General Rule on Prohibited Product Claims
We want to make it easy for buyers to find, discover, and buy products on Sizzle. However, it is also important to provide buyers with information about those products that is accurate and trustworthy, and that is not misleading about the qualities or characteristics of a product.
The Federal Trade Commission protects consumers from unfair or deceptive advertising and marketing practices that raise health and safety concerns. You should review FTC Guidelines and other applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines, as you remain responsible for ensuring that the claims made about your products are fully compliant. Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting a consumer.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also must approve a product for sale that intends to be used for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or animals.
Sizzle policy prohibits the sale of products that that are misleading about the qualities or characteristics of the product. Misstatements and partially correct statements are misleading because they do not disclose something the consumer should know.
Prohibited Product Claims for Diseases
The FDA and Sizzle prohibit the sale of supplements that claim to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent diseases in humans. The following are some example of diseases that supplements cannot claim to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent:
- Cancer
- Cancroid
- Chlamydia
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
- Gonorrhea (‘The Clap’)
- Hepatitis (A, B & C)
- Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 (HSV1 & HSV2)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)
- Mononucleosis (‘Mono’)
- Mycoplasma Genitalium
- Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Pubic Lice (‘Crabs’)
- Scabies
- Syphilis
- Trichomoniasis (‘Trich’)
- Liver disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Kidney cirrhosis or disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Dementia
- Stroke
- Parkinson’s/ Parkinson
- Diabetes/ Diabetic/Diabetic Neuropathy
- Flu
- Influenza
- Meningitis
- Glaucoma
- Cataract
- Attention Deficit Disorder Drugs (also known as ADD or ADHD)
- Concussion
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
- Nano silver
- Anti-Bacterial
- Anti-Microbial
- Anti-Fungal
- Tumor
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Depression
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- Lupus
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease)
- Gout
- Crohn’s
- Celiac
- Epilepsy
- Seizures
- Obesity
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Autism
Prohibited Claims for Environmental Products
To sell products that are marketed with environmental claims on Sizzle, you must ensure that the environmental claims you make about your product are not misleading about the qualities or characteristics of a product.
We're providing the following highlights from the FTC Green Guides and California's law on environmental claims to assist you in reviewing the environmental claims that you may make about your products. These highlights are not designed to be comprehensive. You should review the FTC Green Guides and other applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines, as you remain responsible for ensuring that the claims made about your products are fully compliant.
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