The disclaimer, verbatim: “*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.”
Printed on the wrap in its own ruled box and tied by an asterisk to all four front-of-label claims. This is what a correctly disclaimed structure/function claim looks like, and the label gets it right.
So the asterisks are not an admission of weakness. They are the rule working
as designed, and a label carrying those four claims without them would be
the problem.
Manufactured in the USA, with globally sourced ingredients
“Manufactured in the USA with globally sourced ingredients.” — and the second half is the honest half.
The capsules were filled in the United States; the raw materials came from wherever
green coffee, garcinia and green tea come from. The bottle prints the full
sentence. One roundel in the marketing pack prints half of it, and misspells that
half.
Distributed for, at a PO box
Distributed for: Gex Corporation LLP, PO Box 12730, Ogden, UT 84404, with +1 (507) 448-8190 and
[email protected] printed alongside. The label names a distributor, a phone number and an email address, which is more than many labels in this series carry. Note what the address is: a PO box, not a street. A PO box is a mail drop. It tells you where a letter goes and nothing about where the capsules were made, and no manufacturer is named anywhere on this packaging.
That matters practically: if you wanted to ask which lot your bottle came
from, no company on this packaging could answer. And none of the three marks
printed on the wrap names a certifying body or an audit date. ODS:
“These seals do not guarantee that a product is safe or effective.”