Amazon Takes Compliance Document Upload Away From Sellers — Approved TIC Labs Must Now Submit Test Results On Your Behalf for Regulated Categories
Amazon has changed how compliance documentation reaches it for regulated product categories. Sellers can no longer upload compliance documents to Amazon themselves — an approved TIC (testing, inspection, and certification) provider must review existing documentation or conduct the testing and submit the results to Amazon directly. The change routes verification through Amazon's authorized lab network rather than trusting seller-supplied paperwork. Amazon does not publish a single blanket effective date: the requirement applies when Amazon sends a seller a notification naming the affected ASINs and the deadline.
Real-World Impact
Testing generally takes about 30 days after the lab receives your samples. A seller who gets an Amazon notification and waits two weeks before opening a Test Request Form is roughly six weeks out from a completed submission — which lands past the October 15, 2026 start of holiday peak fulfillment pricing if the notification arrives in early September.
Key Points
- Self-uploaded compliance documents no longer qualify for regulated categories — an approved TIC provider must review or conduct the testing and submit results to Amazon on the seller's behalf
- Sellers request the lab service through Account Health > Policy Compliance in Seller Central, then choose an authorized provider and submit a Test Request Form
- Categories currently covered by the program include children's toys and jewelry, dietary supplements, lithium-ion batteries and portable power supplies, e-mobility devices and accessories, laser products, certain OTC health products, water delivery products, pressure washers, and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- Once the provider marks the Test Request Form 'In Progress,' affected ASINs generally are not enforced while testing runs — but a failed test or inadequate documentation can trigger enforcement immediately
- Testing generally takes about 30 days after the provider receives product samples
- There is no single fixed effective date — the requirement is triggered per seller by an Amazon notification that specifies the deadline
- Amazon periodically updates both the list of eligible product categories and the list of authorized providers, so a category not covered today can be added later
What You Should Do Now
- 1Check Account Health > Policy Compliance now for any open food and product safety issues, and note the deadline stated in each Amazon notification
- 2Inventory which of your ASINs fall into the covered regulated categories before Amazon contacts you, rather than after
- 3Pick an authorized TIC provider from Amazon's list and open a Test Request Form early — getting the form to 'In Progress' is what holds enforcement off while testing runs
- 4Send existing test reports to the provider for review where you have them; the provider can submit qualifying documentation without a full retest
- 5Budget roughly 30 days of lab turnaround into your Q4 timeline so a compliance hold does not suppress listings during peak season