Amazon’s VMS Policy Mirrors US FDA Rules But May Reflect Stronger Industry Compliance
Executive Summary
Amazon’s requirements reach to guaranteeing ingredients are compliant with FDA regulations. While the agency, for the most part, isn’t preventing sales of supplements containing ingredients that have not been notified as NDIs with proof of reasonable expectation of safety, Amazon could ask marketers for the information.
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