Policy Overview
- Selling Partners must comply with all federal, territorial, and local laws and Amazon policies.
Dietary supplements are eligible for sale in Amazon’s US store as long as they comply with all applicable law and Amazon’s policies.
Amazon requires Selling Partners to verify through third-party Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) organizations on an annual basis that dietary supplement products offered for sale in our store meet the following criteria:
Products are manufactured in a faculty compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices set forth by the FDA
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Products contain the ingredients claimed on the product label
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Products do not contain undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients*
* For dietary supplement products classified as sexual enhancement, weight management or sports nutrition/body building
Compliance Criteria | What is Required To Meet Criteria |
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Products are manufactured in a facility compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices set forth by the United States Food and Drug Administration | Testing confirms that the products are manufactured in compliant facility. |
Products do not contain contaminants that may pose a human health or regulatory concern | Testing confirms there are no harmful levels of contaminants such as heavy metals, microbes, and based on a review of the finished product components may also include pesticides and/or THC. |
Products contain the ingredients claims on the product label | Testing confirms that the product contains the ingredients and the amounts claimed on the product label. |
Products do not contain undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) | For dietary supplements classified as sexual weight management, and sports nutrition and body building - testing confirms that the product does not contain any known adulterants |
Listing Requirements - Steps to Compliance
Example
Scenario: You are currently listing Supplement X from “Best Brand”. You received an email notification that your product has been identified as missing mandatory compliance information.
The same ASIN has been identified as requiring compliance action within your Manage Your Compliance dashboard under your Seller Central or Vendor Central account.
Submitting Requests for Lab Testing
- Selling Partners can choose any one of the Amazon-approved third-party TIC organizations to request for testing
- All requests for testing must be initiated through Amazon's Manage Your Compliance.
- Amazon will not be accepting any testing results directly from Selling Partners. All testing results must be provided directly from the TIC organization to Amazon via Manage Your Compliance.
Step 1) Within Seller Central or Vendor Central, navigate to Manage your compliance in your Account Health Dashboard
Step 2) All ASINs requiring action will appear under Incomplete requests within your Manage Your Compliance dashboard.
Step 3) Click on Add or appeal compliance and select Request lab service.
Step 4) Select Dietary Supplements as the issue. Under Source/Factory location, select the location the product is manufactured. Under Lab, select the Amazon-approved third-party TIC organization of your choosing to conduct testing.
Testing Your Product
- Selling Partners will work directly with one of the Amazon-approved, third-party TIC organizations of their choosing to provide information required for testing.
- Selling Partners are responsible for all costs incurred for testing. Please reach out to the respective TIC organizations for pricing information.
- If you've previously obtained lab results, please connect with the third-party, TIC organization of your choosing on whether it meets Amazon's requirements.
Failure Resolution
- In an event the review confirms non-compliance of the product, possible options for resolution may be provided to you from your chosen third-party TIC organization before results are provided to Amazon.
- To initiate the failure resolution process, you need to work directly with your chosen third-party TIC organization and provide all necessary documents requested by the third-party TIC organization (i.e. Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) form, updated label, etc.)
- API adulteration has no resolution path.
Viewing Testing Results
- Testing results will be provided to Amazon directly from the TIC organization you chose to conduct testing.
- Once available, Selling Partners can view testing results through your Manage Your Compliance dashboard.
- Only the dietary supplement products with test results confirming compliance of Amazon's policy are eligible for sale on Amazon.com.
Appeals & Other Questions
If you believe that your products were incorrectly identified as a dietary supplement or do not believe this requirement applies to you, select Add or appeal compliance as shown below.