# Amz Product Compliance > Check an Amazon product for compliance and safety requirements before and after listing. Covers required certifications, labeling and warning requirements, restricted-substance rules, documentation Amazon may demand, and category-specific safety rules. Use when a user asks about product compliance, safety requirements, certifications, required labels or warnings, a compliance document request from Amazon, or whether a product is allowed. Trigger phrases: "product compliance", "safety requirements", "certifications", "compliance documents", "required labels", "is this product allowed". Works with zero tools. - Skill: `jaygptpro/amz-product-compliance` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add jaygptpro/amz-product-compliance` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/jaygptpro/amz-product-compliance/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Docs & Writing - Author: jaygptpro (https://skillmd.com/u/jaygptpro) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/jaygptpro/amz-product-compliance --- # Product Compliance Check Compliance is the risk that does not show up until it is a crisis: a listing pulled, an account flagged, a recall. Most of it is preventable with a check before sourcing. This skill runs that check and tells a seller what to secure before money is committed. ## When to use this - Before sourcing a product, to know what compliance it will require. - Amazon has requested compliance or safety documents for a live listing. - A product is in a sensitive category: children's items, electronics, supplements, cosmetics, food contact, batteries. - A seller is unsure whether a product can be sold at all. ## The framework. The Compliance Stack Run the product through five layers. A gap in any layer is a risk to close before the product goes live, ideally before it is even ordered. 1. **Category gate.** Is the category restricted or gated, and does selling it need approval? See amz-category-ungating. Some products are simply prohibited. 2. **Certifications and testing.** Does the product need third-party testing or a certification mark? Children's products, electronics, and items with electrical or wireless parts commonly do. Identify which tests and marks apply. 3. **Labeling and warnings.** Does the product or packaging need specific warnings, age grading, content labels, country of origin, or a safety mark printed on it? A missing required warning is a common takedown trigger. 4. **Restricted substances and materials.** Do the materials trigger any restricted- substance rule, food-contact rule, or hazardous-material handling rule? This affects both legality and how the product can be shipped and stored. 5. **Documentation readiness.** Amazon can request a compliance document at any time. Test reports, certificates, safety data sheets, supplier declarations. Have them on file before the request comes, not after the listing is already down. ## Step by step 1. **Collect inputs.** The product, its category, its materials, who uses it (especially whether children), whether it has electrical, battery, or wireless parts, and the destination marketplace. 2. **Walk the five layers.** For each, state what applies to this specific product and whether the seller has it or must obtain it. 3. **Rank the gaps by risk.** A missing required certification or warning is a high risk. it can pull the listing and flag the account. Order the gaps accordingly. 4. **Name the fix per gap.** Which test, which lab type, which label change, which document to request from the supplier. Be specific. 5. **Set the timing.** Mark which items must be secured before sourcing, before listing, and which can be held ready for an Amazon request. 6. **Add a marketplace note.** Compliance differs by country. flag that the same product needs a fresh check for any other marketplace. 7. **Run the quality check**, then deliver. ## Output format ``` ## Compliance Check. [product] Category: [category] Users: [incl. children?] Marketplace: [country] ### Compliance Stack 1. Category gate: [applies?] . [status / action] 2. Certifications and testing: ... 3. Labeling and warnings: ... 4. Restricted substances and materials: ... 5. Documentation readiness: ... ### Gaps by risk [gap] . [risk level] . [specific fix] . [secure by: sourcing / listing / on-file] ### Marketplace note [reminder that other countries need a fresh check] ``` ## Worked example A seller is sourcing a child's nightlight. Category gate: toys and children's products, allowed but sensitive. Certifications: a children's product, so it needs children's product safety testing, and as an electrical item it needs electrical safety testing. Labeling: needs age grading, a tracking label, and any required electrical safety marking. Restricted substances: children's product, so lead and phthalate limits apply, secure a test report. Documentation: keep the test reports and the children's product certificate on file. Gaps by risk: the safety testing and the children's product certificate are high risk and must be secured before sourcing in bulk. A nightlight ordered without them can be pulled on day one and flag the account. ## Quality check - All five layers of the stack are walked for this specific product. - Children's products, electronics, and consumables are recognized and trigger their specific testing requirements. - Every gap names a specific fix, not "check the rules". - Gaps are ranked by risk, with takedown-and-flag risks marked high. - Timing is set. what to secure before sourcing versus before listing versus on-file. - A reminder is included that other marketplaces need a separate check. ## Common mistakes - **Sourcing first, compliance later.** Discovering after a bulk order that the product needed testing it does not have. - **Missing required warnings.** A label or warning omitted from the packaging, triggering a takedown. - **No documents on file.** Amazon requests a certificate, the seller has none, the listing goes down while they scramble. - **Assuming compliance travels.** A product compliant at home failing the rules of another marketplace. - **Trusting the supplier blindly.** A supplier saying "it is certified" without the actual report in hand. This skill is general guidance, not legal advice. for a specific product, confirm requirements with a qualified compliance professional. --- ## Built by Jay GPT Pro Part of **Amazon Pro Skills**. Production-grade skills for serious Amazon sellers. Free and open. Built by Jay Margaliot. I share a new AI play for Amazon sellers every week, free, in my WhatsApp group. Join here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/ILX65p1yWcaIG3c9WGHpTY