The quack Miranda warning is a term used by skeptics to describe the text which the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) requires that all labels and marketing materials for products sold as dietary supplements carry. That text is:Quack Miranda warning at Skeptic's DictionaryDietary Supplements Labels FAQ , National Library of Medicine
The term is a reference to the Miranda warning used by law enforcement agencies, and to quack medicine.Quack Miranda warning at White Coat Underground, believed to be the original source of the term.
The warning is also used by websites selling a variety of alternative medicine products and unproven devices.The quack Miranda warning metastatizes, David Gorski (Orac)
See also Safe harbor (law) Nutrition facts label Warning label
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