Federal fact file dated September 26, 2026.
Read the record before trusting the badge
When an offer points to a code, a register or a letter, ask what that record proves and what it leaves open.
Records have different jobs
A drug-list code does not mean approval
FDA is the federal medicines agency, formally the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
FDA says an NDC listing does not establish that a product has agency approval.
Read the limits printed with the National Drug Code Directory
Request the actual approval record tied to that product. Check both the ingredient and how the medicine would be given when reading it.
Registration is a different record
Registering a business that makes medicines, or listing one of its products, gives neither FDA approval. It also does not show that the product can legally be sold.
Read the federal rule on registration and listing
FDA does not issue approval to a physician’s office or other health care provider.
Ask what a badge claims to certify. Then return to the state licence record and the product’s own status, rather than letting a badge answer every question.
A warning letter records a point in time
FDA posts its warning letters in an online collection you can search by company name. Later replies and contact between FDA and the company can change where the issues stand.
Search the agency’s warning-letter records
The letter describes problems alleged by FDA on that date; it does not give a final court ruling.
If you find no letter, that does not mean FDA has checked and cleared the business. It may never have reviewed it.
Read the date, any company response and any closeout letter. A closeout letter is FDA’s later notice that it considers the problems in the warning letter addressed. Ask the person proposing treatment about anything still unclear.