Food & Beverage

The below is guidance only. Amazon reserves the right to remove any listing it considers to be inappropriate for sale for any reason.

• Food is permitted as long as it is correctly packaged, labelled and delivered, and complies with all applicable regulations. Note that from December 13, 2014, all listings must comply with the EU regulation on the provision of food information to consumers. All ingredients must be lawful and within permitted quantity or concentration limits.

Examples of Prohibited Listings

• Prohibited animal products including products containing ingredients from shark, dolphin, whale, or porpoise
• Products that are adulterated or misbranded
• Products that an official or governmental entity, whether national or not,  has determined present an unreasonable risk of injury or illness or that are not safe for human consumption, such as:
  • Beef thiophene ("3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene")
  • Products that contain a daily dosage of 1,5 mg of Germanium
  • Bentonite Clay
  • Kava kava
• Products that have passed their expiration or "use by" dates
• Unregistered novel foods, such as:
  • Miracle berry
  • Globe amaranth
  • Pueraria mirificia
  • Epimedium
• Products labelled as "not for retail sale," or "not intended for resale"
• Food products that are sold alleging a health/curative claim
• Other products, such us:
  • Jelly mini-cup sweets
  • Sweets designed to resemble illegal drugs  
• Food containing any illegal drug 
• Food with any health claim not allowed under the EU Health Claim Regulation
• Counterfeit food
• Food infringing protected geographical indications and protected designations of origin

Related Amazon Help Pages

• Restricted Products: Alcohol
• Restricted Products: Animals, Animal Accessories and Animal Products
• Restricted Products: Drugs, Drug Paraphernalia & Dietary Supplements
• Fulfilment by Amazon: Product Restrictions

Additional Useful Information

• European Commission website on Food, http://ec.europa.eu/food/index_en.htm
• Novel Food catalog of the European Commission, http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biotechnology/novelfood/nfnetweb/mod_search/index.cfm?action=mod_search.details&seqfce=159
• European Commission website on Health and Nutrition Claims, http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/claims/index_en.htm
• Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 of 16 May 2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims made on foods, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2012.136.01.0001.01.ENG
• European Commission website on the EU Food Information for Consumers Regulation 1169/2011, http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/labelling_nutrition/labelling_legislation/index_en.htm
• Provision of Food Information to Consumers, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32011R1169&from=en
• Website of The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (“CITES”), including a list of endangered species, http://www.cites.org/