# Facility Claim Decoder
> Registered is not the same as approved. This page decodes facility claims on supplement pages and what registration involves.

## Guides
- [Registered vs Inspected Facilities](https://fda-registered-facility-meaning.pages.dev/registered-vs-inspected/): A registered facility has told a regulator that it exists and what it makes; an inspected facility has actually been visited and examined, and the two are not.
- [What a GMP Certificate Shows](https://fda-registered-facility-meaning.pages.dev/gmp-certificate-meaning/): A GMP certificate says a facility was assessed against a set of manufacturing practices by a specific body at a specific time.
- [Third-Party Audits and Seals](https://fda-registered-facility-meaning.pages.dev/third-party-audits-supplements/): A third-party audit is a review by an outside organization rather than the seller, and a seal is a mark that points to one.
- [Wording That Overstates Facility Claims](https://fda-registered-facility-meaning.pages.dev/facility-claim-wording/): Facility claim wording often borrows the authority of a regulator or an audit without saying what actually happened.
- [Asking for a Certificate of Analysis](https://fda-registered-facility-meaning.pages.dev/request-certificate-of-analysis/): A certificate of analysis is a lab report for a specific batch, and shoppers can ask the seller to share one.

## About
- [About Facility Claim Decoder](https://fda-registered-facility-meaning.pages.dev/about/): not medical advice, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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