Guidance Documents: Diet, Health & Fitness
Guides and Reports
- The Contact Lens Rule: A Guide for Prescribers and Sellers [PDF]
- Q&A: The Contact Lens Rule and the Eyeglass Rule [PDF]
- Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry [PDF]
- Dietary Supplements Advertising Cases (1984 - July 15, 2003) [PDF]
- Deception in Weight-Loss Advertising Workshop: Seizing Opportunities and Building Partnerships to Stop Weight-Loss Fraud
A Federal Trade Commission staff report (December 2003) [PDF] - Red Flag: A Reference Guide for Media on Bogus Weight Loss Claim Detection [PDF]
- Refractive Eye Surgery Advertising: Guidance for Marketers
- Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products or Services [PDF]
- Weight Loss Advertising: An Analysis of Current Trends
A Federal Trade Commission staff report (September 2002) [PDF]
Memoranda of Understanding
- Food and Drug Regulation Responsibilities -- Memorandum of Understanding Between Federal Trade Commission And The Food And Drug Administration, September 1971[PDF]
Rules and Acts
Staff Comments and Letters
- FTC Staff Comment on Draft Report of the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels
- FDA/FTC Joint Letter on PRK
- FTC Staff Comment on FDA Proposed Rule on Statements Made for Dietary Supplements