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UpdatedCPSC — Sports, Fitness and Recreation Safety Hub
Sports, Fitness and Recreation | CPSC.gov
Resistance Bands Recalled Due to Serious Injury from Impact Hazard; Imported by HomeProGym | CCM Hockey U.S. Recalls FMHVR Hybrid Visors and ACCHVR Replacement Visor Accessories Due to Risk of Injury from Laceration or Impact Hazards
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CPSC safety hub updated featured recall from HomeProGym resistance bands to CCM Hockey visors. No new regulatory requirements, enforcement rules, or seller obligations introduced—existing recall notice replaced with another.
Official Government or Military Items and Other Restricted Equipment
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New section added to prohibited products policy explicitly banning official government, police, military items, uniforms, ID documents, emergency equipment, license plate covers, and similar restricted items.
Medicines, Medical Devices, and Medicinal Supplements
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The Prohibited Products Policy now explicitly bans the sale of medicines, medical devices, and medicinal supplements on TikTok Shop, expanding previously prohibited categories.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and E-cigarettes | Animal, Animal-Related Products, Protected Wildlife, and Plants
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Newly prohibited items: Alcohol, Tobacco, E-cigarettes, and certain animal-related products. Sellers must ensure compliance with these additions to the Prohibited Products Policy.
Deducting points from your Account Health Rating (a platform metric that measures a seller's performance and policy compliance) | Removing product listings
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This change introduces new enforcement actions, including account penalties like point deductions, product removals, and access revocation for sellers violating the Prohibited Products Policy.
Car electronic products with batteries exceeding 15,000 Amps | Gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, and similar combustible liquids
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Two new automotive product prohibitions added: car electronic batteries exceeding 15,000 Amps and combustible liquids (gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel). Sellers must immediately audit and delist affected inventory.
Food items that are not packaged, labeled, or intended for retail sale in the U.S. (for example, repurposed retail candies that do not comply with U.S. laws and regulations)
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TikTok Shop now prohibits sale of perishable foods, prepackaged foods for children under 3, baby formula, non-retail food items, and homemade foods. Sellers must immediately delist these products.
Robotic, autonomous, or mobile devices that are marketed or intended to act as a home's primary way of detecting smoke or carbon monoxide or as a replacement for a standalone smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm. This includes devices that claim to detect fire
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Smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, certain fire extinguishers, and specific personal flotation devices are now prohibited products. This alters listing requirements for TikTok Shop sellers.
Chemical substances prohibited by law or requiring a government license, permit, approval, or purchaser certification, including but not limited to: DEA List 1 and List 2 Chemicals
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TikTok Shop added explicit prohibition of DEA List 1 & 2 precursor chemicals, nitrous oxide, and specific high-powered magnets. New listing restrictions target inhalants and regulated chemical substances requiring government licensing.
Rubbing alcohol and other isopropyl alcohol products | Acetone
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TikTok Shop added five new flammable material categories to prohibited products: rubbing alcohol, acetone, gasoline/lighter fluid, fuel-containing lighters/torches, and fire-starting fuels/accelerants.
Any product, model, batch, or lot subject to an active safety recall issued or announced by a manufacturer or a U.S. regulatory agency, including the FDA, CPSC, or NHTSA, or subject to an official U.S. government warning directing consumers not to use, sell, o
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The policy now prohibits the sale of items under safety recall, those containing restricted ingredients, and specific flammable materials. Sellers must not list these products, ensuring user safety and compliance with U.S. safety regulations.
Narcotics, steroids, and other drugs prohibited by law or regulation | Products identified in an FDA warning letter as unsafe, adulterated, or misbranded
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Prohibited Products Policy section on Drugs and Firearms/Weapons expanded with detailed enumeration of specific contraband items (bongs, vaporizers, airsoft guns, knives, self-defense keychains). No new categories added; existing prohibitions clarified and itemized.
Products or content that promote, contain, or encourage illegal activities, hateful behavior, hate speech, promotion of hateful ideologies, or incite, provoke, or promote violence or hatred against an individual or a group of people | Products promoting discri
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TikTok Shop's Prohibited Products Policy now bans products promoting discrimination or hateful ideologies, and those exploiting human tragedies. Items that glorify violence or may provoke hatred are also prohibited.
We do not allow the sale of products that mention specific forms of self-harm or suicide, such as cutting, burning, overdosing, or hanging oneself. This includes, but is not limited to, pens that replicate the sensation of cutting or books that discuss suicide
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TikTok Shop now prohibits the sale of products mentioning self-harm, glorifying mental health disorders, or making explicit weight loss claims. This also includes banning certain wellness products with restrictive branding regulations.
Cosmetics that are named in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall or safety alert | Cosmetics containing FDA-prohibited or restricted ingredients
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Four new beauty product restrictions added: medical-use cosmetics, FDA-recalled items, FDA-prohibited ingredients, and melanin-reduction products. Exception carved for brightness/tone-evening products.
Potentially dangerous baby products such as weighted baby swaddles and blankets, drop side cribs, co-sleepers, crib bumpers, and similar items
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Newly prohibited items include vitamins and supplements for children under 3, beaded teethers, and unsafe baby products such as weighted swaddles and drop-side cribs. Sellers must review and remove listings accordingly.
Aquatic resources that are prohibited from exploitation | Aquatic merchandise containing toxic or dangerous components surpassing legally sanctioned thresholds
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TikTok Shop added prohibitions on a wide range of adult-related products, including explicit sexual items, tobacco, and certain animal products. Violation may lead to account suspension or product removal.
Products that cannot be lawfully imported into the buyer's country including products sourced from or manufactured in territories subject to economic or trade sanctions | Products that present a significant safety risk to consumers on TikTok Shop
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Policy was reformatted and reorganized for clarity. The core prohibited products list was extracted and presented as a concise, structured guide. No new product categories or restrictions were added; existing rules were restated in updated presentation format.
