Amazon increases third party verification requirements for dietary supplements

• By: AHPA
• On: 04/09/2024 11:54:32
• In: Industry News

April 9, 2024

Amazon recently announced and has begun to apply a new policy requiring additional third-party verification of dietary supplement products. With this announcement, the company has split its preexisting dietary supplements policy into two policies, the first covering dietary supplements generally and the second covering dietary supplement finished product certificates of analysis (CoAs) specifically.
 
Previously, companies were required to submit accredited third-party certification of compliance with good manufacturing practices, and they could generally submit finished product CoAs issued by an in-house laboratory. The new CoA policy does not include references to in-house laboratories, indicating that Amazon now requires a third party to provide CoAs.
 
Further, finished product testing requirements now explicitly state that third-party verification is required to confirm that products are within dietary ingredient labeling tolerances defined in federal regulation. They also require verification that finished dietary supplements do not contain contaminants such as heavy metals and pesticide residues in accordance with NSF/ANSI or USP requirements.
 
Additionally, CoAs for sexual enhancement, weight loss/management, and sports nutrition dietary supplements must include testing for a set of compounds that are outlined in NSF/ANSI 173-2024. The policy had previously included a defined list of adulterant substances that were part of required testing for such products.
 
Evidence of product enrollment or participation in NSF/ANSI 173 or 229 certification, renewed annually, will meet the requirements of the new policy.
 
Amazon will be hosting a webinar on April 17 at 11am PT (2pm ET) to answer questions about the new policy. Members with interest can register for the webinar here.