Prohibited Products Policy

Key Points:

• Sellers must not list or sell prohibited products, including illegal, unsafe, counterfeit, recalled, or regulated items that violate laws or TikTok Shop policies.
• Prohibited categories span many areas (for example, weapons, drugs, alcohol/tobacco, hazardous items, financial products, certain health/beauty and baby products), and restrictions may apply even if items are legal locally.
• Violations can lead to enforcement actions such as listing removal, account penalties, or loss of selling privileges.

This policy applies to all sellers on TikTok Shop. It outlines the requirements sellers must follow when listing or selling products. It also identifies products that are prohibited from sale because they pose a risk to TikTok Shop users, violate our policies, or are not in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Sellers are required to comply with this policy, our Community Guidelines, and our Seller Terms of Service when listing products on TikTok Shop.

Prohibited Products

• Products whose sale, distribution, or shipment violate applicable laws or regulations in any country where they are advertised for sale
• Stolen goods that are not your property or that were obtained through illegal means
• Gray market products (items sold outside of authorized distribution channels), counterfeit products, and any products that infringe on a third party's intellectual property or proprietary rights
• Products that cannot be lawfully imported into the customer's country, including products sourced from or manufactured in territories subject to economic or trade sanctions
• Products that have been recalled by manufacturers or by governmental or regulatory authorities. For more details, see Product Recall Policy
• Products that present a significant safety risk to consumers on TikTok Shop
• Any other products designated as prohibited under this policy

Regulated Goods

Alcohol, Tobacco, and E-cigarettes

Alcohol, tobacco, nicotine products, e-cigarettes, and functional smoking and vaping accessories are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop.
Prohibited products include, but are not limited to:

• Alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, spirits, hard cider, hard seltzer, sake, mead, and homemade or infused alcoholic beverages.
• Consumable foods containing 0.5% or more alcohol by volume, including alcohol-infused chocolates, candies, sauces, baked goods, and frozen desserts, even when the alcohol is described as cooked off or reduced.
• Smoking, smokeless, and herbal smoking products, including cigarettes, cigars, loose-leaf and pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, dissolvable tobacco, herbal cigarettes, and other tobacco-free products intended for smoking.
• Nicotine products, including nicotine pouches and products containing synthetic or tobacco-free nicotine. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies, such as nicotine gum, patches, and lozenges, are also prohibited on TikTok Shop at this time.
• Functional tobacco and smoking accessories, including cigar cutters, cigarette or cigar holders, tobacco pipes, hookahs and their functional parts, hookah charcoal, cigarette or cigar injectors and rollers, rolling papers, and cigarette flavor beads.
• E-Cigarettes, Vapes, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), and other products intended to simulate smoking or deliver substances through direct inhalation are prohibited, whether or not they contain tobacco or nicotine.
  • This includes disposable and refillable devices, heat-not-burn products, nicotine-free vapes, vitamin-based vapes, wellness vapes, herbal or essential-oil diffusers and inhalers - whether electronic or non-electronic - as well as e-liquids, vape additives, replaceable pods and cartridges, vape-specific batteries and chargers, tanks, coils, and other functional components or accessories.

Animal, Animal-Related Products, Protected Wildlife, and Plants

Live animals, certain animal-derived products, products that harm or permanently modify animals, advanced veterinary medicines and equipment, and certain plants and seeds are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop.
These product types and categories may be subject to specific requirements, including, but not limited to, those under the Endangered Species Act, the Lacey Act, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and/or the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. For more information about requirements and restrictions related to the sale, import, and export of wildlife and wildlife products, you can refer to the US Fish & Wildlife Service.Prohibited products include, but are not limited to:

• Live animals of any kind, including pets, livestock, insects, arachnids, worms, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds
• Animal reproductive materials, including fertilized animal eggs, embryos, sperm, semen, and animal genetic or reproductive material
• Medicinal products, supplements, and other goods derived from exotic or endangered animals, including products such as tiger-bone wine, snake wine, animal venom preparations, and other products represented as containing protected or exotic species
• Dangerous animal-derived poisons, toxins, venoms, or compounds that may cause illness, injury, or death
• Parts and derivatives from exotic or endangered animals, including real fur, skins, feathers, bones, teeth, horns, tusks, claws, scales, reptile products, and other hard parts or materials derived from prohibited species
• Taxidermy made from any animal, including mounted, stuffed, or otherwise preserved animal bodies or specimens
• Products intended to permanently modify an animal's body, including tools or kits for ear cropping, tail docking, declawing, debarking, debeaking, dehorning, wing clipping, implants, or similar permanent procedures
• Hunting or wildlife baits, lures, and traps designed to kill, confine, injure, or cause distress to animals. This does not include permitted pest-control products (ex: Rodents, insects, etc.) or recreational fishing equipment
• Veterinary medicines and medical equipment intended for advanced animal care, including vaccines, prescription veterinary drugs, injectable treatments, syringes marketed for veterinary use, and advanced diagnostic or monitoring equipment
• Plants, seeds, cuttings, and other live plant material shipped from outside the United States
• Noxious, poisonous, invasive, dangerous, or harmful plants and seeds, including those prohibited by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Unidentified plants, seeds, or propagative material, including "mystery seeds" or products that do not disclose the exact species being sold

Vehicles, Automotive Parts, and Powersports Products

TikTok Shop prohibits certain vehicles, vehicle parts, powersports products, and automotive-related products that present heightened safety, environmental, or legal risks. The following products are prohibited. This list is not exhaustive.

Prohibited Vehicles

• Cars, trucks, vans, buses, road-use motorcycles, mopeds, motor scooters, and other motor vehicles manufactured, certified, marketed, or intended for use on public roads or required to be titled or registered for public-road use
• Dual-sport motorcycles and other vehicles marketed for both off-road and public-road use
• Vehicle conversion kits intended to make a prohibited vehicle eligible for public-road use
• All-terrain vehicles (ATVs), utility task vehicles (UTVs), dune buggies, go-karts, golf carts, snowmobiles, and other powered recreational vehicles.

Off-road-only motorcycles are not prohibited under this section when offered by an approved seller through a product category expressly permitted by TikTok Shop. They must not be marketed as street legal, road legal, dual sport, or eligible for ordinary public-road registration.
Eligible off-road-only motorcycles remain subject to TikTok Shop’s Automotive Parts, Vehicles, and Powersports Products Requirements and other applicable category requirements.

Tires, Wheels, Rims, and Wheel Accessories

• Used, retreaded, recapped, regrooved, repaired, patched, refurbished, remanufactured, or otherwise previously utilized tires
• Tires that have previously been mounted to a wheel or rim
• Used, refurbished, remanufactured, rebuilt, reconditioned, damaged, previously installed, or previously mounted wheels, rims, or wheel accessories
• Tires, wheels, or rims with removed, altered, or missing original manufacturer labels, markings, or identification information
• Tires without a valid and unaltered USepartment of Transportation Tire Identification Number (TIN)
• Tires manufactured more than three years before the date of sale. The manufacture date is encoded in the last four digits of the DOT TIN on the tire sidewall (e.g., '2324' means the 23rd week of 2024).
• Tires with fewer than two years remaining before expiration of the original manufacturer warranty, if the tire is covered by a time-limited manufacturer warranty

Used, Reconditioned, or Previously Installed Automotive and Powersports Parts

• Used, refurbished, remanufactured, rebuilt, reconditioned, salvaged, previously installed, previously mounted, or otherwise previously utilized automotive or powersports parts
• Parts removed from dismantled, wrecked, or salvaged vehicles

Automotive and powersports parts that are not otherwise prohibited under this policy remain subject to TikTok Shop’s Automotive Parts, Vehicles, and Powersports Products Requirements and other applicable category requirements.

Emissions-Control Defeat Products

Products, hardware, software, tunes, calibrations, or services designed or marketed to remove, disable, bypass, override, or reduce the effectiveness of a vehicle or engine emissions-control or onboard diagnostic system are prohibited. Examples include:

• Diesel particulate filter (DPF), selective catalytic reduction (SCR/DEF), exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), catalytic converter, diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), and NOx adsorption catalyst delete or bypass products
• Delete kits, delete pipes, block-off plates, plugs, gaskets, cooler-delete kits, and similar hardware
• Tuners, programmers, or calibrations that disable emissions monitors, suppress diagnostic trouble codes, override malfunction indicator lights, or otherwise alter emissions-related operations
• Oxygen-sensor simulators, plugs, spacers, adapters, and extenders intended to prevent detection of a missing or ineffective emissions component
• Throttle-valve delete products and crankcase-ventilation reroute or delete products
• Exhaust pipes, downpipes, or exhaust kits designed to remove or bypass required emissions-control components

Terms such as “for racing use only,” “competition use only,” or “off-road use only” do not make an otherwise prohibited emissions-defeat product eligible for sale.

Vehicle Safety Systems and Bypass Products

• Airbags, airbag covers, airbag inflators, airbag modules, airbag components, and pyrotechnic restraint components
• Seat belts, seat-belt buckles, pretensioners, extenders, adjusters, and other seat-belt components
• Airbag or supplemental restraint system (SRS) crash-data reset tools, reset modules, emulators, simulators, bypass products, or services intended to conceal a deployed, missing, or malfunctioning safety system
• Devices intended to bypass or interfere with advanced driver-assistance or driver-monitoring systems, including steering-wheel counterweights and autopilot “nag reduction” devices
• Seat-belt alarm silencers and products intended to bypass parking-brake or other vehicle safety interlocks
• Products intended to alter, roll back, freeze, or misrepresent a vehicle’s odometer reading
• Wheel spacers, wheel adapters, and vehicle-lowering kits
• Other aftermarket products designed or marketed to replace, modify, bypass, disable, or interfere with a required vehicle safety system

Road, Registration, and Law-Enforcement Circumvention Products

• License-plate covers, films, sprays, frames, or other products intended to obscure a plate from visual inspection, cameras, or automated readers
• Replica, blank, customizable, temporary, or replacement government-issued license plates, registration tags, disabled-parking placards, vehicle identification number (VIN) plates, or vehicle titles
• Counterfeit or replacement Department of Transportation, vehicle-certification, emissions-compliance, registration, weight-rating, or state-inspection labels and stickers
• Emergency warning lights, sirens, or related equipment that imitate equipment used by police, fire, ambulance, or other official emergency-response vehicles
• Traffic-signal components and products designed to interfere with traffic-control, tolling, vehicle-enforcement, GPS, or authorized radio-communication systems

Fuels and Used Automotive Fluids

• Gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, racing fuel, nitromethane fuel, and similar combustible motor fuels
• Used, drained, waste, contaminated, or collected automotive oil and other used automotive fluids

New engine oil products that are not prohibited above remain subject to TikTok Shop’s Automotive Parts, Vehicles, and Powersports Products Requirements and other applicable category requirements.

Automotive Batteries

• Automotive batteries, replacement battery packs, jump starters, and other standalone battery products with a rated capacity exceeding 300 Wh (watt-hours) are prohibited.

Battery products rated at 300 Wh or less remain subject to TikTok Shop’s Dangerous Goods Requirements and other applicable category requirements.
TikTok Shop may remove listings that use disclaimers, altered spelling, incomplete images, misleading categories, or other methods to conceal that a product is prohibited under this policy.

Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia

Drugs and drug paraphernalia are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop. Drugs and drug paraphernalia include, but are not limited to:

• All illegal drugs, chemicals and raw materials including, but not limited to, stimulants, depressants, opioids, hallucinogens, dissociatives, inhalants, and synthetic substances ('designer drugs')
• New psychoactive substances and emerging drugs with unpredictable effects and risks
• Psychoactive plants and fungi, including products derived from psychoactive mushrooms
• Narcotics, steroids, and other drugs prohibited by law or regulation
• Any chemicals, ingredients, or raw materials used to manufacture drugs or addictive substances. This includes but is not limited to marijuana, opium, and poppy bulbs
• Drug paraphernalia, such as products primarily intended for making, preparing, consuming, or concealing "controlled substances." This includes but is not limited to bongs, glass pipes, or vaporizers designed for smoking or drug use
• Pill presses, die molds, and other products related to pill production
• Products identified in an FDA warning letter as unsafe, adulterated, or misbranded
• Products that claim to provide a "legal high," including marijuana and medicinal marijuana
• Products listed on the Department of Defense (DOD) Prohibited Dietary Supplement Ingredients list

Firearms, Ammunition, and Weapons

Firearms, ammunition, and weapons are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop. Sellers are responsible for ensuring that their products comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including those applicable in jurisdictions from which the products are sold and shipped and into those where the products are sold and delivered.
TikTok Shop policy may be more restrictive than applicable law. A product that is legal for sale or can be possessed within a particular jurisdiction does not mean it is permitted to be sold on TikTok Shop.
Sellers are responsible for obtaining any licenses, permits, registrations, or other authorizations required by applicable law.
Firearms, ammunition, and weapons include, but are not limited to:

• Firearms of any kind, including, but not limited to, handguns (pistols and revolvers), rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, automatic weapons, military-style firearms, sporting guns, or hunting guns
• Non-powder projectile devices such as simulation guns, airsoft guns, BB guns, potato launchers, replica guns, all gun keychains, and model guns
• Non-powdered projectile devices such as airsoft guns, BB guns, and potato or spud launchers
• Imitation and firearm look-alike devices such as replica guns, model guns, miniature guns, gun keychains and charms. Clearly, identifiable toy products may be permitted. See the Toy Guns FAQ for more details.
• All associated parts, kits, ammunition, components, and accessories for building or constructing firearms, including but not limited to bullets, magazines, barrels, weapon conversion kits (e.g., machine gun conversion devices such as auto sears, glock switches, silencers/suppressors, bump-fire stocks, and/or any kit or part designed to change a firearm's rate of fire or classification), and firing pins
  • Cleaning kits are allowed
• Knives that are designed as or are marketed as weapons, including automatic knives (such as switchblades), butterfly knives (balisongs), machetes, concealed swords, gravity knives, knives designed to look harmless (lipstick case knives and writing pen knives), knuckle knives, push daggers, spring-loaded knives, stiletto knives, combat-style tanto daggers designed as weapons, and throwing stars (batman symbols, metal throwing stars, and similar items)
  • Ordinary kitchen knives, utility pocket knives, and hunting knives are allowed
• Military weapons and explosive devices, including grenades and similar weaponry
• Stun guns and conducted-energy weapons (including TASER-brand devices)
• Batons and telescopic truncheons
• Tear gas, pepper spray, and mace
• Brass knuckles, knuckledusters, hand claws, foot claws, and nunchucks
• Self-defense weapons or everyday-object weapons, including spiked keychains (including cat ear keychains), kubotans, tactical pens, weighted-monkey fists, and key-shaped or otherwise concealed knives
• Wrist-brace and high powered slingshots such as wrist rockets

Hazardous and Dangerous Items

Hazardous and dangerous items are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop. These products or materials could pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety, property, or the environment. Sellers are responsible for ensuring their products comply with all applicable US federal, state, and local laws and TikTok Shop policies. Hazardous and dangerous items include, but are not limited to:

• Any product, model, batch, or lot subject to an active safety recall issued or announced by a manufacturer or a US regulatory agency, including the FDA, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), or National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), or subject to an official US Government warning directing consumers not to use, sell, or distribute the product.
• Any product containing a prohibited ingredient or using an FDA-restricted ingredient outside the applicable conditions. Examples include, but are not limited to:
  • Prohibited and restricted cosmetic ingredients
  • Food ingredients and additives
  • Dietary supplement ingredients
• Flammable liquids or materials, including but not limited to:
  • Epoxy Solvent
  • Rubbing alcohol and other isopropyl alcohol products
  • Acetone
  • Gasoline and lighter fluid
  • Lighters and torches containing butane or other fuels
  • Fire-starting fuels and accelerants
  • Strike Anywhere matches
• Any products containing mercury
• Any products containing cyanide
• Radioactive materials, such as tritium, and their processing equipment.
• Explosive materials and processing equipment, including but not limited to:
  • Ammonium nitrate
  • Potassium chlorate
  • Red phosphorus
  • Thermite and thermite-containing products
  • Explosive gases
  • Fireworks
  • Explosive fuses
• Toxic substances and hazardous chemicals, including but not limited to:
  • Methylene chloride, also known as dichloromethane or DCM
  • Carbon tetrachloride
  • Hydrofluoric acid
  • Nitric acid
  • Sodium azide
  • Arsenic
  • Chloroform
• Toxic and dangerous inhalants, including but not limited to:
  • Alkyl nitrite inhalants including amyl, butyl, isobutyl, and isopropyl nitrite
  • Nitrous Oxide
• Chemical substances prohibited by law or requiring a government license, permit, approval, or purchaser certification, including but not limited to:
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) List 1 and List 2 Chemicals
• Industrial-use chemicals that are not intended for general consumers
• Etching creams
• Ozone-depleting substances prohibited from sale under EPA requirements and refrigerants whose sale is restricted to EPA-certified purchasers
• Products prohibited under TikTok Shop’s Pesticides Requirements, including unregistered or misbranded pesticides and misbranded pesticide devices
• Small, high-powered loose or separable magnets, including magnets contained in sets, that fit entirely within the CPSC small-parts cylinder and have a flux index of 50 kG²mm² or greater. This includes, but is not limited too, magnetic balls, cubes, desk toys, fidget toys, building sets, jewelry, and similar products, regardless of the number of magnets included
• Aerosol paints or spray paint
• Piercing kits with needles, piercing needles, tattoo machines, and tattoo needles
• Laser pointers and demonstration lasers that exceed FDA Class IIIa or IEC Class 3R limits, including visible-wavelength laser pointers with an output power greater than 5 mW
• Water beads marketed for children or included in children's toys
• Lithium batteries above 300 Wh (watt-hours)

Medicines, Medical Devices, and Medicinal Supplements

TikTok Shop prohibits the sale of certain medicines, medical devices, and other health products marketed as dietary supplements, wellness products, or research products. Certain over-the-counter (OTC) medication may be permitted subject to additional requirements.
Whether a product is classified as a drug, dietary supplement, cosmetic, or other consumer products under US law depends on its intended use, ingredients, claims, and function, not how the seller labels or categorizes it. TikTok Shop may classify a product based on its listing, images, packaging, labeling, instructions, and other marketing materials.
Sellers are responsible for ensuring that all expressed and implied claims, including those appearing in product titles, descriptions, images, videos, packaging, labeling, testimonials, and other marketing materials comply with this policy. TikTok Shop may review any such claims and take action on listings that violate applicable requirements.

Medicines and Drug Products

This category covers products intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans, or intended to affect the structure or function of the body through chemical action or metabolism. It includes both prescription (Rx) and OTC drugs, as well as products that meet the drug definition based on their claims even if marketed as supplements or cosmetics.

Prohibited Medicines and Drug Products:

• Prescription drugs and products requiring authorization or supervision from a licensed healthcare provider.
• Unapproved or unauthorized drug products, including foreign-market drugs not lawfully marketed for sale in the United States.
• Expired, opened, damaged, relabeled, repackaged, dispensed, sample, or investigational drug products
• Products containing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that have not been lawfully marketed in the US as OTC drugs (e.g., certain peptides, research chemicals sold for human use)
• Veterinary drugs marketed or implied for human use
• Products containing hidden or undeclared prescription drug ingredients
• Beauty and Personal Care products that are made from or contain Cannabidiol, or CBD. This includes, but is not limited to, serums, creams, masks, body and face oils, lotions, shampoos, and other topical products

Certain lawfully marketed OTC medications that conform to an applicable FDA monograph, or are marketed under an approved NDA/ANDA, subject to the labeling, packaging, and seller-qualification requirements are allowed. For more details, see Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medications Requirements.

Supplement, Performance-Enhancing, and Research Products

TikTok Shop does not prohibit dietary supplements generally under this policy. However, the following products are prohibited regardless of whether they are marketed as dietary supplements, wellness products, or natural alternatives:

Prohibited Supplement-Related Products

• Products containing or claiming to contain anabolic steroids, designer steroids, prohormones, steroid precursors, SARMs, or other performance-enhancing compounds
• Products marketed as substitutes for anabolic steroids, prescription hormone therapy, or human growth hormone
• Products marketed for steroid-like effects, post-cycle therapy, anabolic cycles, or drug-equivalent growth-hormone effects
• Supplements containing aristolochic acid, aconite, chaparral, or comfrey intended for ingestion. Topical comfrey products and comfrey seeds are not prohibited.
• Research peptides, research chemicals, or experimental compounds marketed or implied for human use.
• Products containing substances classified as "performance-enhancing drugs" (PEDs) by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). This includes, but is not limited to, anabolic steroids, peptide hormones, SARMs (Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators), and other agents used to enhance athletic performance or alter body composition beyond natural limits. This prohibition applies whether these substances are marketed as supplements, wellness products, or any other form to ensure a safe, responsible environment for all users.

Medical Devices

This category includes products used to diagnose, prevent, treat, or manage diseases or other medical conditions, or products intended to affect the structure or function of the body. Examples include medical instruments, equipment, machines, implants, and certain "in vitro" diagnostic products.
Medical devices generally work through physical or mechanical means rather than through chemical action or by being metabolized by the body.
Certain classes and types of medical devices are prohibited. See Medical Devices and Medical Supplies Requirements for more information.

Medical and Health Claims

Product claims may affect how a product is classified and whether it is permitted on TikTok Shop. A product may be treated as a drug or medical device when its listing claims or implies that it diagnoses, cures, mitigates, treats, or prevents a disease or medical condition, regardless of whether the seller describes it as a dietary supplement, cosmetic, wellness product, or consumer product.
Medical and health-related claims are regulated by the FDA and FTC. FDA generally regulates product classification and labeling, while FTC generally regulates advertising and requires health-related claims to be truthful, non-misleading, and adequately substantiated. Depending on how and where a claim appears, both agencies’ requirements may apply.
For more details, see FDA: Food and Dietary Supplements Claims | FDA: Drug Classification Guidance | FDA: Drug vs Cosmetic Resource | FTC: Claims Guidance.
Medical, disease, health, structure/function, and general-wellness claims must comply with the Content Policy. Products making prohibited or unauthorized claims may be removed or classified under the applicable drug, medical device, or other regulated-product policy.

Various Food Products

Certain food products are prohibited on TikTok Shop. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Certain perishable food items
• Prepackaged food for children under 3 years old
• Food items that are not packaged, labeled, or intended for retail sale in the US (for example, repurposed retail candies that do not comply with US laws and regulations)
• All homemade food products

Unauthenticated Native American-Related Products

Federal law states it is illegal to sell products labeled as "Native American-made" when the producer is not a member of a US Native American Tribe or a certified Native American artisan from a Tribe.
The term "Native American product" means any art or craft product made by a Native American.
Items that are not made or sold by a member of a state or federally-recognized tribe or someone certified as a Native American artisan by a recognized tribe are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop.

Consumer Safety

Baby and Maternity Products

The following types of baby and maternity products are prohibited on TikTok Shop. These include but are not limited to:

• Certain vitamins and supplements for children under 3 years of age
• All beaded teethers, including beaded amber teething jewelry, as well as those made from materials like amber, wood, silicone, or other elements
• Potentially dangerous baby products such as weighted baby swaddles and blankets, drop side cribs, co-sleepers, crib bumpers, and similar items

For seller eligibility and listing requirements, see Baby and Maternity Product Requirements.

Beauty and Personal Care Products

Certain cosmetic, beauty, and personal care products are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop because they present potential health, safety, or regulatory risks.
All cosmetics sold on TikTok Shop must be safe, properly labeled, truthfully marketed, and compliant with applicable federal, state, and local requirements. This includes applicable obligations under the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) for facility registration, product listing, safety substantiation, and serious adverse-event reporting, subject to applicable exemptions.
Under U.S. law, a product's intended use, including claims made in its labeling, listing, and advertising materials, determines whether it is regulated as a cosmetic, a drug, or a medical device. Beauty and personal care products that are intended to diagnose, treat, mitigate, cure, or prevent disease, or to affect the structure or function of the body, are regulated as drugs or, where applicable, medical devices. Products that qualify as drugs or medical devices remain subject to TikTok Shop's Medical Devices and Medical Supplies Requirements, even when marketed for beauty or cosmetic purposes.
Prohibited products include, but are not limited to:

• Cosmetic, beauty, and personal care products that:
  • require a prescription
  • are intended to be injected or implanted
  • are intended to be administered or applied by a licensed healthcare professional
  • require professional medical supervision for safe use.
• Cosmetics subject to an active FDA recall or safety alert, whether the recall is voluntary or FDA-ordered.
• Cosmetics containing:
  • Ingredients prohibited by the FDA or restricted ingredients used in violation of applicable concentration limits or other conditions. See FDA Prohibited and Restricted Ingredients in Cosmetics.
  • Color additives that do not meet applicable FDA approval, permitted-use, purity, or batch-certification requirements. See FDA Color Additives and Cosmetics.
  • Mercury, mercury compounds, or hydroquinone as ingredients, regardless of whether the product makes skin-whitening or skin-lightening claims.
• Rinse-off cosmetics containing plastic microbeads prohibited under the Microbead-Free Waters Act.
• Traditional cosmetics, including kohl, kajal, surma, al-kahal, tiro, tozali, and kwalli, that contain unapproved color additives, lead, or lead compounds.
• Beauty and Personal Care products that are made from or contain Cannabidiol, or CBD. This includes, but is not limited to, serums, creams, masks, body and face oils, lotions, shampoos, and other topical products

Skin-Whitening and Skin-Lightening Products

• Products marketed, labeled, or depicted as:
  • bleaching, whitening, or lightening natural skin color;
  • reducing overall melanin or melanin production; or
  • altering natural pigmentation across the face, lips, or body.
• Government-identified skin products: Regardless of a listing’s claims, title, category, or marketing, TikTok Shop prohibits products identified by government authorities as containing unsafe or unlawful levels of ingredients such as, mercury and/or hydroquinone. This restriction applies even when a seller removes the product’s skin-whitening claims or alters its listing images. The referenced lists may be updated by the issuing authorities; the lists below are not intended to be comprehensive.

Government product lists include:

• US Food & Drug Administration
  • Skin products containing mercury and or hydroquinone
• Minnesota Department of Health
• California Department of Public Health
• New York City Department of Health

• Peptide products are prohibited when they:
  • are labeled or marketed for "research-use," "laboratory use only,” or “not for human consumption” but are intended, implied, or presented for human use, including beauty or personal care
  • are intended for injection or reconstitution (e.g., mixing a powder or concentrate with liquid before use).
  • are marketed as prescription or unapproved drugs, even when described or categorized as beauty products
  • claim to treat a disease or affect the structure or function of the body

Products Allowed Under This PolicyThe following products are not prohibited under this policy, provided they comply with all other TikTok Shop policies:

• Finished topical cosmetics containing peptides as ingredients, such as peptide moisturizers, creams, or serums. This exception does not apply to raw or research-use peptide preparations, injectable or reconstitutable products, or products making prohibited drug claims.
• Products marketed solely to brighten the appearance of the complexion, improve the appearance of uneven skin tone, or reduce the appearance of localized dark spots, post-acne marks, blemishes, or dark circles. These products must not claim or visually depict overall skin whitening, bleaching, lightening, or reduction of natural melanin.
• Products containing permitted hemp-derived cosmetic ingredients when the product does not contain or claim to contain CBD, CBG, THC, or another prohibited cannabinoid

Body Mental Wellness Products

Self Harm and Suicide

• Products that mention, depict, or reference specific methods of self harm or suicide, such as cutting, burning, overdosing, or hanging. This includes, but is not limited to, pens designed to replicate the sensation of cutting and books that describe suicide methods.
• Products or content that explicitly or implicitly depict, glorify, or promote suicide, self harm, or disordered eating behaviors.

Mental Health

• Products that glorify, promote, trivialize, or stigmatize mental health disorders, or that imply such disorders are aspirational, trendy, or desirable. This includes, but is not limited to, replicas of suicide notes and Halloween costumes depicting patients in mental health care facilities.

Body Aesthetics and Weight-Related Products

• Weight gain or muscle gain products marketed primarily for pursuing specific body aesthetics, such as larger muscles or larger buttocks.
• Products and supplements that claim to aid weight management, fat reduction, or similar goals. This includes, but is not limited to, diet pills, appetite suppressants, fat burners and creams, detox teas marketed for weight loss, and any item making explicit weight loss claims.
• Products and supplements that claim to increase height, promote or accelerate physical growth, or make an individual taller. This includes products marketed with height enhancement, height growth, or similar claims.

GLP-1 Products

• Products that use “GLP,” “GLP 1,” “Glucagon like peptide 1,” or similar terms in the product title or branding, except products clearly marketed as supportive, non drug products for individuals already using GLP 1 medications, such as related accessories or general wellness items that make no drug claims.

Safety-Related Products

• Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors
• 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, smoke, or gas and alert occupants on their own, without a separate certified alarm installed.
• Wearable personal flotation devices (PFDs) as defined by United States Coast Guard (USCG) or Transport Canada at Performance Level 50, 70, 100, or 150, including devices carrying valid legacy Type I, II, or III approvals.
  • This policy does not prohibit recreational flotation and swim aids that do not carry a USCG or Transport Canada approval or Performance Level, such as swim-training vests, inflatable snorkeling vests, flotation belts, and arm flotation devices. These products must not be marketed as approved PFDs, lifesaving or rescue devices, or substitutes for legally required boating-safety equipment. Listings must clearly disclose that the product is not USCG or Transport Canada approved.
• Fire extinguishers, including but not limited to those using chemical, water, or carbon dioxide agents.

Illegal and High-Risk Goods

Gambling and Gamification

Gambling and Gamification products are prohibited for sale on TikTok Shop. Gambling and Gamification products include but are not limited to:

• Lottery tickets, instant win tickets, and scratch card tickets or labels of any sort
• Social casinos
• Slot machines and electronic gaming machines that are used for gambling
• Online gambling of any kind
• Bingo, raffles, sweepstakes
• Sports forecasting, betting, odds-making, bookmaking
• Casino-style games, such as roulette, slot machine, wager, lotteries, and poker
• Unlicensed gambling games, including sweepstake casinos and rewarded gaming products
• Claw machines and claw machine entries
• Lucky Games and Drawings such as Lucky Bag, Lucky Draw, Lucky Spin, Lucky Card, Wheel Spin, and Giveaway Entry

Lock Picking and Theft Devices

Lock Picking & Theft Devices are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop. Lock Picking & Theft Devices include, but are not limited to the following:
Tools for manipulating locks or gaining unauthorized access, such as:

• Devices to bypass automobile locks or jiggling tools
• Secret handcuff keys
• Digital decoders
• Cards and guns for picking locks
• Sets of tools for lock picking
• Automobile lock bypass tools, including slim jims
• Tools for applying tension
• Practice locks
• Keys used for trial purposes
• Tools for opening tubular locks
• Instruments for duplicating keys
• Theft aids, including devices to detach sensormatic tags (a type of anti-theft tag used in retail)
• Devices for skimming cards
• Hacking devices
• Devices for capturing codes
• Master keys or skeleton keys

Monetary Products and Financial Services

Certain monetary products and financial services are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop because they are subject to specialized financial, banking, currency, and anti-money-laundering laws and cannot be sold as ordinary consumer goods. This includes physical currency and its replicas, cash equivalents, financial instruments, and financial services.
Prohibited monetary products and financial services include, but are not limited to:

• Currency and replicas
  • Non-US coins or paper money that have legal tender status
  • postage stamps
  • replica, imitation, or counterfeit coins, banknotes, or postage stamps, including reproductions of historical currency or currency no longer in circulation.
  • gold certificates or silver certificates

Unrealistic play or educational money is allowed where its overall appearance is distinctly different from genuine currency that it cannot reasonably be mistaken for real money. Labels such as “copy,” “play money,” or “for motion picture use only” do not, by themselves, qualify a product for this exception.
For eligibility and listing requirements for permitted collectible coins and currency, please see our Collectibles Requirements.

• Counterfeit production
  • Equipment or material for producing counterfeit coins, stamps, paper money, or virtual currency
• Cash equivalents
  • Cryptocurrencies and other virtual currencies;
  • money orders, travelers' cheques, and stored value instruments
  • debit/credit cards, coupons, and gift certificates
  • state or federal assistance benefits and the instruments used to access them, including SNAP and WIC benefits, EBT cards, cash-value vouchers, benefit checks, coupons, and other benefit instruments.

For eligibility and listing requirements for permitted virtual goods, please see our Virtual Goods Requirements.

• Financial instruments
  • Stocks, bonds, and other securities.
• Other financial services
  • Provision of funds, insurance, loans, money transfers, and financial-management services; and
  • any service that could facilitate money laundering or otherwise evade financial-crime, sanctions, or anti-money-laundering (AML) controls.

Official Government or Military Items and Other Restricted Equipment

Official government or military items and other restricted equipment are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop. Official government or military items and other restricted equipment include, but are not limited to:

• Official government, police, or military-issued uniforms, identification credentials, badges, and insignia.
  • This does not apply to clearly marked surplus, vintage, or costume items that a reasonable person would not mistake for current official issue
• Items designed or marketed to facilitate impersonation of a government official, law enforcement officer, or member of the military, including counterfeit credentials, fake badges, and uniforms with fraudulent insignia.
  • This does not apply to clearly marked costumes, theatrical props, or historical reenactment gear
• Counterfeit, altered, or fraudulently obtained government-issued certificates, licenses, permits, or identification documents.
  • This does not apply to genuine historical or collectible documents. See also the prohibition on counterfeit production equipment
• Devices like mobile phone repeaters and signal boosters
• Tools for odometer modification
• Products designed to obscure license plates from detection, bypass seat-belt interlocks, or otherwise interfere with vehicle safety systems. See also the Vehicles, Automotive Parts, and Powersports Products Requirements
• Unauthorized products to access cable or satellite services, including cable descramblers, satellite piracy devices, and pre-programmed set-top boxes designed to bypass subscription controls
• Standalone card skimmers, credit-card readers, or terminals designed or marketed to capture card data without authorization, or sold without accompanying legitimate merchant software or a verified payment platform.
  • This does not apply to legitimate point-of-sale card readers from established payment processors
• Body armor, including bulletproof vests, ballistic plates, and Kevlar or similar ballistic inserts, is prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop regardless of whether the item is marketed as tactical, safety, or protective gear
• Military medals, decorations, awards, and replica versions of these items

Security and Privacy Products

• Access to materials containing personal information like phone numbers, email addresses, identity cards, passports, or social security cards
• Software or hardware products designed to collect or steal personal, institutional, private, or confidential data, including but not limited too:
  • Payment-card skimmers
  • RFID skimmers
  • Data-theft hardware
  • Digital decoder devices
  • Keyloggers
  • Sim-card cloning devices
  • Hacking tools designed or marketed for unauthorized access
  • Stalkerware or spyware designed to monitor a device without the device owner’s knowledge or consent
  • Other code-grabbing devices designed to intercept access credentials, security codes, or wireless control signals
• Concealed or disguised photographic, video, or audio recording devices.
• GPS, Bluetooth, or other location-tracking devices designed or marketed to secretly track individuals or their property without their knowledge or consent
  • This policy does not prohibit visible, properly disclosed security products such as home security cameras, doorbell cameras, dashcams, or GPS trackers marketed for legitimate asset, pet, or fleet tracking — provided they are not disguised, marketed for secret recording of individuals, or used in violation of applicable law.
• Covert-surveillance products, including mobile, autonomous, or robotic devices designed or marketed to secretly observe, follow, track, photograph, record, stream, or listen to individuals without their knowledge or consent
• Devices such as signal jammers that block or interfere with GPS, cellular, Wi-Fi, or other radio communications. See FCC Jammer Enforcement
• Other products designed or marketed for unauthorized data access, nonconsensual surveillance, stalking, tracking, or recording
• Any other products that may violate or facilitate the violation of an individual's privacy

Human Safety and Dignity

Adult-Related Products and Content

Adult-related products and content are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop. Adult-related products and content include, but are not limited to:

• Any products designed for explicit sexual activity, such as dildos, vibrators, male masturbators, tension rings, sex furniture, and BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, and Masochism) gear
• Certain sexual wellness products, such as certain contraceptives and medications
• Any products containing sexually explicit content like films, anime, and comics
• Any products that depict sexually explicit nudity or sexual activity

Discriminatory and Offensive Products

Discriminatory and offensive products are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop. We continuously assess a variety of topics in order to keep TikTok Shop a diverse, inclusive, and safe place for all users. We monitor events both domestically and internationally to identify emerging trends of discrimination and hatred and reserve the right to update this policy at any time.
Discriminatory and offensive products include, but are not limited to:

• 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 discrimination based on protected attributes (caste, ethnicity, national origin, race, religion, tribe, immigration status, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, serious disease and genetic information)
• Products that promote, depict or glorify violent and hateful organizations or individuals, including violent extremists, violent political organizations, violent criminal organizations, hateful organizations, and individual perpetrators of mass violence
• Products that directly exploit or profit from human tragedies and natural disasters, including those featuring explicit or insensitive depictions of such events, or those that may trivialize or make light of the suffering of affected individuals or communities

Human Body Parts, Remains, and Mortuary Products

Human body parts, remains, and mortuary products are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop. However, wigs made from human hair, 360 lace wigs, or human hair silk are allowed to be sold on TikTok Shop.
Prohibited human body parts, remains, and mortuary products include, but are not limited to:

• Genuine human bones or skeletons
• Human waste
• Human body fluids
• Human remains and organs
• Human reproductive materials
• Human blood and plasma
• Caskets and urns
• Burial vaults
• Any products made from using human remains or materials
• Mortuary preparation, embalming, and cremation supplies

Human Dignity and Exploitation

TikTok Shop strictly prohibits the sale of products associated with human trafficking and smuggling.
Human Dignity and Exploitation products include, but are not limited to, products profiting from exploiting others through fraud, force, or coercion. Human smuggling involves profiting from aiding individuals in illegal entry into another country.

Reporting

TikTok takes human rights and environmental concerns seriously. If you have any human rights or environmental concerns related to TikTok Shop, we strongly encourage you to report your concerns here.

Youth Safety

TikTok Shop strictly prohibits the sale of products that contribute to youth exploitation and abuse. This includes but is not limited to content involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming, nudity, sextortion, solicitation, pedophilia, and physical or psychological abuse of children. These restrictions apply to all listings, whether they involve real, fictional, digitally created, or artistic content.
Any instances of abuse are promptly reported to relevant authorities, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

Platform-Prohibited Commerce

Jewelry and Gemstone Products

Certain jewelry and gemstone products are prohibited from sale on TikTok Shop because of legal, sourcing, authenticity, or consumer-protection risks.
Prohibited products include, but are not limited to:

• Gold, silver, or other precious-metal products that lack the required compliance/quality stamps (hallmarks) where such marking is required.
• Jewelry or precious-metal products that bear false, inaccurate, or misleading quality marks, or that misrepresent their metal type, purity, fineness, weight, plating, coating, or material composition.
• Jewelry or gemstone products that do not comply with the Federal Trade Commission Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries (16 CFR Part 23).
• Jewelry containing conflict materials (e.g., materials whose extraction or trade finances armed conflict or human-rights abuses, such as conflict diamonds and certain "3TG" minerals (tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold).
• Jewelry, diamonds, gemstones, or precious metals prohibited by applicable sanctions or trade restrictions.
• Diamonds that do not adhere to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (an international scheme to prevent trade in conflict diamonds).
• Pre-owned fine jewelry, unless the seller is approved to sell in that category.

For eligibility and listing requirements for permitted jewelry, please see our Jewelry and Gemstone Requirements.

Sanctioned Jewelry and Gemstones

Jewelry, diamonds, gemstones, and precious metals may not be listed when their importation, sale, or distribution is prohibited by applicable trade sanctions. This includes certain Russian Federation-origin diamonds and diamond jewelry, including certain diamonds mined in Russia and processed in another country. Sellers are responsible for complying with sanctions administered by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Secondhand Products

Secondhand, used, and open-box products are prohibited on TikTok Shop unless approved to sell in the pre-owned and collectibles categories.
For eligibility and listing requirements, see Pre-Owned Product Requirements.

Services and Virtual Products

Virtual or digital products are prohibited unless approved for sale under the Virtual Goods category. Prohibited services and virtual products include, but are not limited to:

• Custom document creation (for example, counterfeit certificates, identification documents)
• Intermediaries for customs declarations
• Exam-related solutions and ghost-writing services
• Real estate transactions or services
• Multi-level marketing and pyramid schemes
• Offering or facilitating sex acts
• Engagement in surrogacy arrangements
• In-game currency bundles related to unlicensed gambling games
• Unauthorized streaming and circumvention devices

However, physical products such as DVDs with digital content are permitted.

Enforcement Actions and Appeals

We regularly review your shop’s compliance with our policies. If any violations are identified, TikTok Shop may take enforcement action at our sole discretion. The severity of the enforcement action may depend on factors such as the type of violation, its impact on user safety, the seller's violation history, and the intent behind non-compliance. For example, a first-time, unintentional listing of a restricted item might result in a warning and product removal, whereas repeated or intentional violations involving unsafe products could lead to account suspension. This may include, but is not limited to:

• Deducting points from your Account Health Rating (a platform metric that measures a seller's performance and policy compliance)
• Removing product listings
• Revoking your access to offer products for sale
• Issuing refunds to customers

We reserve the right to report sellers who violate applicable laws or regulations to the appropriate legal authorities where appropriate.
Sellers should note that some products that are legally sold in their local area, state, or country may still be prohibited under TikTok Shop policies.
For more information on enforcement actions, refer to our Seller Enforcement Policy. If you would like to appeal an enforcement action, visit the Appeals section for guidance.