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Read the fine print

A registration number is not FDA approval.

FDA means the Food and Drug Administration. If approval is claimed, ask which exact product was approved.

What a product code means

As of September 26, 2026, FDA said a National Drug Code, a product identification number, did not mean a drug was FDA-approved.

FDA · National Drug Code directory
Why this source matters

A directory entry is not the product’s approval record.

Under the rule checked September 26, 2026, registering a business that handles medicines did not mean FDA had approved it.

Putting a medicine on a government list did not mean FDA had approved that medicine either.

Neither record, by itself, gave permission to sell the medicine.

Federal rule · what business and medicine records do not prove
Why this source matters

A registration records a business. A listing records a medicine. The seller still needs to meet the rules that apply to the exact product.

Ask for the right record

  • Are you referring to an approved finished medicine or a medicine prepared to order?
  • What does the approval record call this product?
  • Does the claim refer to the medicine, or only to a business on a government register?

Take the answer back to the product name. It is easier to check a specific claim than a string of badges.