In 2021, Amazon updated its requirements for dietary and sports supplement products sold in the US and named Informed Sport and LGC as accepted means to fulfill these.
Testing methods used for the analysis of supplement products are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, the globally recognized standard for laboratories and test procedures.
Informed Sport certification is trusted by brands and consumers worldwide to provide assurance for their supplement products. Certified products can be found in more than 127 countries.
Selling Supplements on Amazon
Amazon's requirements for supplement sellers include submitting documentation as well as providing:
- a Certificate of Analysis (CoA) issued by an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory.
- a COA from an in-house laboratory compliant with the current good manufacturing processes (cGMP).
- OR evidence of product enrollment or participation in a third-party quality assurance program.
Product certification with Informed Sport fulfills this requirement and Informed Sport is listed as an Amazon-accepted certification.
Additional Testing Requirements for Weight Loss & Sexual Enhancement Products
In December of 2021, Amazon updated began to require US sellers of weight management and/or sexual enhancement products to provide a CoA from an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory that reports the testing results and absence of a range of known adulterants/contaminants in addition to the general CoA requirements. CoA's from in-house laboratories are not accepted for these compounds.
Amazon has listed LGC/Informed Sport as an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory with testing capabilities for these substances.
Join the More than 400 Informed Sport Certified Brands
Ensure Amazon compliance through Informed Sport certification
Developed in 2008, Informed Sport is a global banned substance testing and certification programme that regularly tests sports supplement products. Supplements are analyzed for 255+ banned substances, along with a robust audit of manufacturing quality processes. Informed Sport has more than 1,400 certified products sold in over 130 countries around the globe.
With nearly 60 years of anti-doping experience combined with being internationally recognized by numerous sports and nutrition organizations, supplement brands can trust their reputation to Informed Sport.