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AddedBest Practices for Product Safety
Before You List
Pre-listing checklist | The product is allowed under TikTok Shop policies and is placed in the correct category.
Summary
Restructured product safety guidance into a pre-listing checklist format covering policy eligibility, category qualification, labels/warnings, compliance documents, product condition, variations/bundles, and packaging—no new requirements added.
Follow TikTok Shop policies. This includes category-specific safety and compliance requirements. | Meet applicable legal and safety standards. Some product categories may require approval before sale. Review Your Guide to Category Qualification if your product
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New requirements for sellers include maintaining safety records, providing clear safety information, and monitoring customer feedback, indicating stricter compliance protocols.
Check product safety, category requirements, labels, warnings, and documents before listing. | Write clear listing information so customers understand safe use, age suitability, storage, charging, cleaning, disposal, and other precautions.
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New guidelines introduced on product safety checks, packaging to mitigate risks, and monitoring customer feedback for safety issues. Sellers must comply with these updated practices to ensure product safety.
Include clear, visible suffocation warnings on packaging and, when appropriate, in product listings. Listings for products that lack this warning may be removed.For example, "WARNING: Keep plastic bags away from babies and children. Suffocation hazard." | For
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The policy removed the requirement for clear suffocation warnings on packaging for plastic bags, which could lead to critical safety risks.
Fake Discounts(e.g. Product's list price is inflated, and discounted to real price) | The product's real value is $9.99, but there is a fake list price, which gives buyers the impression of a fake discount.
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Pricing guide restructured with new examples and clarifications of fake discounts, bundle breakouts, and misleading SKU practices. No new enforcement rules or behavioral requirements introduced.
It is not allowed to say or imply that a product caused rapid, guaranteed, or extreme weight loss or muscle gain (a high-risk claim). | It is allowed to talk about your general lifestyle, energy, or well-being, and to make general low-risk weight loss claims f
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TikTok Shop added comprehensive weight management content restrictions prohibiting high-risk claims (rapid, guaranteed, extreme weight loss). New "Safer Wording" guide requires wellness-focused language; shapewear must not claim actual weight loss; before-and-after imagery tied to products is restricted.
3. Avoid explicit weight-loss promises and violating examples | 8. Handle personal testimonies carefully
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Updated guidelines emphasize avoiding high-risk weight-loss and muscle-gain promises. New context warns against intentional misuse for muscle gain and encourages using low-risk language for adult audiences.
The Weight Management Policy now controls high-risk claims across both weight loss and muscle gain. General low-risk weight loss claims are no longer controlled and are appropriate for adult (18+) audiences; general low-risk muscle gain claims remain allowed.
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The Weight Management Policy now controls high-risk claims for weight loss and muscle gain, with general low-risk weight loss claims allowed for adult audiences.
Claims that a product guarantees weight loss within a specific timeframe, such as "Guaranteed weight loss in X days". | Content that implies weight loss by showing before-and-after photos tied to a product.
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Detected wording changed in this section; review the saved diff for exact added and removed rule text.
Trading, marketing, or providing access to:Products or services prone to misuse for weight loss or muscle gain, and that may pose serious health risks.Any product or service promoted with exaggerated or harmful claims, such as unrealistic weight loss results.
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TikTok Shop now permits general low-risk weight loss claims (18+) but tightens high-risk restrictions: quantified timelines, guaranteed results, before/after body comparisons, and pharmaceutical equivalence claims remain prohibited. New muscle gain controls added for high-risk claims.
Which weight loss and muscle gain claims remain prohibited. | What to review before you publish or update content.
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Policy page restructured with new section headings and navigation anchors. Prohibited behaviors remain identical; guidance topics expanded to include adult 18+ allowances, safer language tips, and equipment-specific rules. No new restrictions added.
AddedCPSC: Recall Database — All Active Product Recalls
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When the bed rails are attached to a bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress. In addition, the bed rails do not meet the structural stability or retention strap requirements, posing a fall hazard
Summary
Significant recall warnings added for multiple hazardous products, including bed rails, toys, and detectors. Consumers are urged to stop use and dispose of these products immediately due to severe health risks, including entrapment and ingestion hazards.
AddedCPSC: Recall Database — All Active Product Recalls
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The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standards as required by the STURDY Act
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CPSC recall database updated with six new active product recalls: dressers (tip-over hazard), teether (choking), squeezy toys (water bead ingestion), HVAC unit (fire), bicycle handlebar (fracture), and chair backrest (detachment).
AddedCPSC: Recall Database — All Active Product Recalls
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Consumers should stop using the recalled cleaners immediately. Consumers will be asked to register at https://mistolinrecall.expertinquiry.com/ and submit a picture of the 12-digit UPC code printed on the label and a picture of the date code printed on the sid
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CPSC recall database content updated to reflect new active product recalls (toys with choking hazard, power banks, cleaners with bacterial contamination, dressers with tip-over risk). This is a routine update to government recall data with no new platform requirements.
RemovedCPSC: Recall Database — All Active Product Recalls
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The recalled fireworks can tip over, posing a risk of serious injury from explosion and burn hazards. | Consumers should stop using the recalled fireworks immediately and return the fireworks to the store where they were purchased for a full refund. Consumers
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CPSC removed outdated recall information for specific products (fireworks, baby loungers). The underlying recall requirements and product safety obligations remain unchanged—only archived recall details were removed from the public database.
RemovedCPSC: Recall Database — All Active Product Recalls
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Note: Do not throw this recalled power bank with lithium-ion battery in the trash, the general recycling stream (e.g., street-level or curbside recycling bins), or used battery recycling boxes found at various retail and home improvement stores. Recalled lithi
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Recall of power banks, vacuum cleaners, and baby loungers due to fire and entrapment hazards. Clear notification to consumers on safety risks and refund processes has been removed, impacting awareness.
RemovedCPSC: Recall Database — All Active Product Recalls
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The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for adult portable bed rails because users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress, posing a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation
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CPSC recall details (gas range, bed rail products) removed from "About 70" section. Page restructured to dashboard format with charts and links. No change to underlying recall requirements.
UpdatedCPSC: Recall Database — All Active Product Recalls
Recall Search Error
The detectors can fail to alert consumers to the presence of hazardous smoke and fire, posing a risk of serious injury or death from smoke and fire hazards. | CPSC urges consumers to stop using the detectors immediately, dispose of them and install working smo
Summary
CPSC recall database updated with new product recalls (baby loungers, water bead toys) and removed entries (smoke detectors, lithium batteries). Reflects active regulatory database maintenance, not new platform policy.
UpdatedCPSC: Recall Database — All Active Product Recalls
New Instructions
Consumers should stop charging the batteries with the USB-C port while the batteries are inserted in the yard power tools immediately and contact Greenworks Tools to receive a free replacement battery. Consumers will be asked to complete the registration form
Summary
CPSC recall database updated with new product recalls (SHEIN toys, power banks) replacing older recalls in the "New Instructions" section. Database refresh only; no policy rule changes.
Removing product listings or content | Limiting commission earnings
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Enforcement actions section restructured; lists consequences (account removal, listing deletion, commission limits, refunds) already stated in old policy. No new penalties or triggers introduced.