General requirement - The herb or dietary supplement must not claim to diagnose, mitigate, treat, cure or prevent a disease or class of diseases.
Specific cause for recall - If the herb or food supplement:
(1) claims to have an effect on a diseases or class of diseases.
(2) claims to have an effect on 1 or more signs or symptoms that are considered specific for 1 or more diseases
(3) claims to have an effect on an abnormal condition associated with a natural state or process if the condition can cause significant or permanent harm
(4) implies to have an effect on a disease directly or indirectly (see below)
(5) belongs to a class of products that is intended to diagnose, mitigate, treat, cure or prevent a disease
(6) is advertised as an alternative or substitute for a drug used to treat a disease
(7) augments a particular therapy or drug action
(8) has a role in the body's response to a disease or to a cause for a disease
(9) treats, prevents, or mitigates an adverse event associated with a therapy for a disease AND if the adverse event constitutes a disease
(10) in any way suggests an effect on a disease or group of diseases
Direct or indirect methods to imply an effect on a disease:
(1) in the name of the product
(2) through the use of symbols, pictures, vignettes or other visual means
(3) citation of a reference specifically mentioning therapy of a disease
(4) use of the term "disease" or "diseased"
(5) specific mention of ingredients as approved for use in preventing or treating a disease
