Overall, the regulations around structure/function claims on dietary supplements on labels are:

A. meant to protect consumers and can prevent people from misusing products
B. informative and useful in guiding consumers to making decisions about a product's benefits
C. weak and unenforceable, leading to misstatements and false claims on product labels
D. meant to protect customers but are often misleading and overstate a product's benefits


Ans: D. meant to protect customers but are often misleading and overstate a product's benefits

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