(law) In the law of food and drugs, to convey false or misleading information about a product.
Used in a Sentence
misbranding
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for misbranding.
Editorial note
The FDA started as a political response to the adulteration and misbranding of food and drugs in that market.
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Quick take
(law) In the law of food and drugs, to convey false or misleading information about a product.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of misbranding gathered in one view.
(business, marketing) To make a mistake in branding a product or service, as by poor association of the name in a significant group of potential customers.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for misbranding.
verb
(law) In the law of food and drugs, to convey false or misleading information about a product.
verb
(business, marketing) To make a mistake in branding a product or service, as by poor association of the name in a significant group of potential customers.
Example sentences
The FDA started as a political response to the adulteration and misbranding of food and drugs in that market.
They definitely do have existing authorities on misbranding and adulteration that work for nonstandardized foods.
No other Federal Circuit has applied First Amendment standards to FDA misbranding regulations before.
In short, I think such a claim is misbranding the Green Array chip, setting potential users up for disappointment and at the same time selling the chip short.
Like other commenters have mentioned, largely due to misbranding and sensational media hype.
The company that currently owns the rights (Jazz Pharmaceuticals) pled guilty to felony misbranding in 2011, and in 2013 raised the price by 841%.
The food safety laws have general provisions for adulteration and misbranding, and products doing this are probably lying on the label and ingredient list.
No libertarian I know of opposes penalties for misbranding and false advertising (i.e.
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, homeopathic products are subject to the same requirements related to approval, adulteration and misbranding as other drug products.
Its president, top lawyer and former chief medical officer pleaded guilty as individuals to misbranding charges, a criminal violation and agreed to pay a total of $34.5 million in fines.
Also, in a rare move, three executives of Purdue Pharma, including its president and its top lawyer, pleaded guilty today as individuals to misbranding, a criminal violation.
Quote examples
The decision in Cariona hinges on the question of whether "misbranding" and "promotion of off-label use" are different narrowly defined legal scenarios.
It seems it isn't legal for pills because it's considered "misbranding" and there are some storage requirements but when I read about cases of that it sounded even more alarming.
The only way that the FDA could even seize the product was due to a misbranding problem: an "Elixir" was defined as a medication dissolved in ethanol, not the diethylene glycol used in the Elixir Sulfanilamide.
In September 2015 the "FDA informed ReWalk that its noncompliance with the postmarket surveillance study deadline rendered the device misbranded." This is from a 2020 class action lawsuit against the company which was dismissed but it's not clear to me that the misbranding issue was ever taken care of, which could be the reason the company was initially hesitant to provide service to the device?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use misbranding in a sentence?
The FDA started as a political response to the adulteration and misbranding of food and drugs in that market.
What does misbranding mean?
(law) In the law of food and drugs, to convey false or misleading information about a product.
What part of speech is misbranding?
misbranding is commonly used as verb.