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Three elements, and the third is printing Which is unusual in this library So the package is constitutive And the second element cuts the other way Which puts a lot of weight on wording The deeming clause closes the loop None of which tells you what you may sell This property makes no ingredient calls at all What it can do is name the mechanism And then be honest about the shelf References

"is labeled as a dietary supplement." Not a description of the product. An element of it.

Three elements, and the third is printing

A dietary supplement is a product intended for ingestion in a particular form, not represented for use as a conventional food or as a sole item of a meal or the diet, and labeled as a dietary supplement.

Which is unusual in this library

Every other spine here regulates a package: how big it may be, what must be printed on it, what it must be tested to. This one makes the printing part of what the product legally is.

So the package is constitutive

Take the words off and the product is not a dietary supplement that is badly labeled. It is a different thing, assessed under different rules.

And the second element cuts the other way

Represent it for use as a conventional food, or as a sole item of a meal, and it fails (B). So the label both qualifies the product and can disqualify it.

Which puts a lot of weight on wording

A powder that is described as a drink mix, a meal or a food is making a claim about which definition it falls in, whatever the maker intended.

The deeming clause closes the loop

A dietary supplement "shall be deemed to be a food within the meaning of this chapter", with two stated exceptions. So it is a food that got there by being labeled as something else.

None of which tells you what you may sell

That depends on the ingredient, and the ingredient question has its own section and a date rather than a chemistry at the center of it.

This property makes no ingredient calls at all

Not about kava, kratom, blue lotus, amanita, delta-8 or any mushroom extract. Those are per-ingredient determinations and a container catalog is not where they get made.

What it can do is name the mechanism

The label is an element of the definition, and a date in 1994 governs the ingredient. Both are checkable and both are quoted here.

And then be honest about the shelf

Which is shared with two other groups and which, measured today, is a third out of stock. That is the containers section.

References

21 U.S.C. 321(ff)(2), part of the definition of dietary supplement, requiring a product that "(A)(i) is intended for ingestion in a form described in section 350(c)(1)(B)(i) of this title; or (ii) complies with section 350(c)(1)(B)(ii) of this title; (B) is not represented for use as a conventional food or as a sole item of a meal or the diet; and (C) is labeled as a dietary supplement". The concluding text of (ff) reads "Except for purposes of paragraph (g) and section 350f of this title, a dietary supplement shall be deemed to be a food within the meaning of this chapter." law.cornell.edu

Nothing in this property states whether any particular botanical is a lawful dietary ingredient, a new dietary ingredient, adulterated or saleable. Those are per-ingredient determinations, federal agencies have taken positions on several of the botanicals named here which this property does not summarize or characterize, and state law differs from federal law and from state to state. Dosage, preparation and effect are also outside it.

Written from 21 U.S.C. 321(ff) and 21 U.S.C. 350b and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Nothing here says whether any particular botanical is a lawful dietary ingredient, a new dietary ingredient or saleable: those are per-ingredient determinations, federal agencies have taken positions on several of these which this property does not summarize, and state law differs. Availability and stock figures are a single snapshot rather than a trend. The shipping weight field on this shelf reaches 2,002 lb, which is a case weight in a unit field, so do not rely on it.