Which Certifications Are Needed to Sell on Amazon? (2026 Guide)

It depends on your category. For dietary supplements, Amazon's 2026 policy now requires third-party-verified cGMP certification (FDA 21 CFR 111/117) plus a lab-issued Certificate of Analysis, verified through an Amazon-approved Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) organization — for every supplement, not just high-risk ones. For cosmetics, your manufacturing facility must be FDA-registered under MoCRA with safety substantiation on file. For general products, you mainly need a product identifier (GTIN/UPC) and ideally Brand Registry, with extra testing (like a CPSC CPC) for children's items.

This is where the biggest change happened. Amazon now treats supplement quality documentation as a hard gate. To stay live, you generally need three things:

Your supplement must be made in a facility with a current Good Manufacturing Practice certificate issued by an accredited third party, audited to 21 CFR Part 111 (dietary supplements) or 21 CFR Part 117 (food). Amazon accepts certificates from recognized programs, including:

• NSF/ANSI 455-2
• NSF/ANSI 173 (Section 8)
• GRMA 455-2
• UL GMP
• USP GMP
• Eurofins, SAI Global, SGS, Intertek, TGA, SQF (Dietary Supplements Food Safety Code), and SSCI

You need a COA for the specific batch, issued by an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory (or a compliant in-house lab within the certified facility). Importantly, Amazon no longer accepts a seller-generated COA on its own — the testing must trace to an accredited source, and the COA must support the amounts declared on your Supplement Facts panel.

Your cGMP documentation is checked by an Amazon-approved Testing, Inspection, and Certification organization. Some categories carry extra testing on top of the base requirement — for example, sports nutrition may require banned-substance screening, and bodybuilding products may need to demonstrate compliance with NSF/ANSI 173-2023.

Here's the part most new sellers miss: the cGMP certificate comes from the facility, not from you. If you manufacture with a partner that already holds an Amazon-recognized cGMP certification and runs accredited lab testing, most of the compliance burden is handled before your product ever ships. If you choose a facility without it, you'll be scrambling to retro-fit documentation under a 90-day clock.

Peakfinity Labs, for example, is an FDA-registered facility with NSF certification for dietary supplement GMP, plus in-house QC labs and stability testing — the facility-side documentation Amazon now requires. (You'll still complete the finished-product COA and TIC verification steps for your specific SKU, but the hardest piece, a certified facility, is already in place.) This is the single biggest reason to vet certifications before you pick a manufacturer — see which supplement manufacturers have the most certifications.

Cosmetics aren't FDA-approved before sale, but they're no longer unregulated. Under MoCRA, the manufacturing facility must be FDA-registered and products listed, and you must hold safety substantiation for each product. On top of federal rules, Amazon applies its own category controls — certain cosmetic types (such as skin-lightening products) have required dedicated testing and documentation. A manufacturer with ISO 22716 cosmetic GMP makes compliance and listing approval far smoother. For the full picture, see which cosmetic manufacturers have the most certifications.

Separate from quality certifications, almost every Amazon listing needs:

1. Confirm your manufacturer holds a current, Amazon-approved third-party cGMP certificate (supplements) or FDA registration + ISO 22716 (cosmetics).
2. Get a finished-product COA from an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited lab.
3. Make sure your product is mapped to the certified facility.
4. Submit documentation through an Amazon-approved TIC when prompted (act within the 90-day window).
5. Audit your listing so every claim is supported by your documentation.
6. Set up GTIN/UPC and Brand Registry, and ungate your category if required.

For supplements, 2026 made Amazon a documentation-first marketplace: third-party cGMP verification and an accredited-lab COA are now the price of entry across every category. For cosmetics, MoCRA registration and safety substantiation are the baseline. The fastest, lowest-risk way to clear all of it is to start with a manufacturer whose certifications already satisfy Amazon's rules — so the compliance work is done before you launch, not after you're flagged.