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SUPPLEMENTS: POLICIES & AGREEMENTS

Like most services, Amazon provides sellers and potential sellers of with an extensive library of
regulations, exemptions, and policies. In the case of dietary supplements, Amazon breaks the primary
information page into three key sections: “Examples of Permitted Listings,” “Examples of Prohibited
Listings,” and “Prohibited Supplement Ingredients and Products.”

Examples of Permitted Listings
From the start, Amazon notes that in order for a dietary supplement product to be
eligible for sale on Amazon it must be compliant with all current laws and regulations
including the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).

Moreover, Amazon bases their labeling guidelines on those provided by thr U.S. Food
and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide.

Examples of Prohibited Listings
Companies and brands who are familiar with current dietary supplement regulations
(at both state and federal levels) should be able to recognize most of Amazon’s
prohibited listing examples as items, issues, and practices capable of warranting
intervention by the FDA, FTC, and other regulatory agencies in the form of Warning
Letters and other legal notices.

For those who are new to the industry, it is important to ensure that your dietary
supplement product or products are meeting all of the necessary state and federal
regulatory guidelines.

Here are several of the items that Amazon lists in its “Examples of Prohibited Listings”
section:

• Products that are subject to a recall or safety alert.
• Supplements claiming that they can be used to cure, mitigate,
treat, or prevent disease in humans.
• Supplement listings that include disease names in their keywords.
• Certain cannabidiol (CBD) and Hemp products
• Products marketed in a manner that imitates the effects of a
controlled substance, prescription drug, or substance identified by
the FDA as an unapproved new drug or tainted supplement.
• Supplements that do not have the FDA-required label
information in English.
• Products that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
determined present an unreasonable risk of injury or illness.
• Products that are adulterated or misbranded.

Prohibited Supplement Ingredients and Products
Though it should come as no surprise, it is worth noting that the last section of
Amazon’s primary information page concerning dietary supplement products
currently provides a list of 1,391 prohibited ingredients and products.