Food & Beverage

Examples of Permitted Listings

• Properly prepared, packaged and shipped foods and beverages
• Lot-controlled products with a shelf-life greater than 90 days from the time they are listed on Amazon.com, which must be removed within 50 days prior to their expiration date

Examples of Prohibited Listings

• Alcohol (except from pre-approved wine sellers)
• Prohibited animal products
• Products containing ingredients for which a premarket safety notification is required but has not been filed
• Products that are adulterated or misbranded
  • Lazy Larry Brownies
  • Lazy Cakes
    
• Products that the Consumer Products Safety Commission or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined present an unreasonable risk of injury or illness, such as Kinder Eggs
• Products that have passed their expiration or "use by" dates
• Lot-controlled products with a shelf-life of less than 90 days from the time they are listed on Amazon.com, which must be removed within 50 days prior to their expiration date
• Controlled substances, such as products containing:
  • Anything listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV or V of the Controlled Substances Act
  • "List I" chemicals or their derivatives by the Drug Enforcement Administration
• Products that the FDA has determined present an unreasonable risk of injury or illness
• Products containing shark, dolphin, whale, or porpoise meat
  
• Products that are prohibited from import into the United States
  • Bovril (beef or chicken)
    

Related Amazon Help Pages

• Restricted Products: Alcohol
• Restricted Products: Animals & Animal Products
• Restricted Products: Drugs, Drug Paraphernalia & Dietary Supplements
• Restricted Products: Recalled Products
• Listing Restrictions
  

Additional Useful Information

• Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
  
• Model Food Code, which is not a federal statute but has been adopted by many states
• Model Milk Ordinance
  
• Federal regulations for food products
  
• Government Food Safety Information
  
• Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition 
• Food Safety and Inspection Service
  
• Grocery Manufacturers Association
  
• Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Quarantine program, which safeguards agriculture and natural resources from the risks associated with the entry, establishment, or spread of animal and plant pests and noxious weeds
  
• Controlled Substances Act
  
• DEA Controlled Substances