Let me guess… You sell children’s wooden toys and your product got flagged by Amazon as a pesticide?   Ridiculous right?  This is happening all the time to many, many sellers who sell 100% natural products.

Rest assured, I’ve got the solution to removing this ridiculous product selling suspension right here in post.  So you can scroll down and find the procedures… but I would encourage you to read and understand why it’s happening to avoid in the future.   Just makes like easier.

I’m going to assume your product is in fact safe and natural.  If you have pesticides in your product, this ain’t gonna help you.   Products with real pesticides require permission.   See Amazon’s policy on selling products with pesticides.

Here is why you likely got flagged as a pesticide: (Excerpt from the Amazon policy linked above).

“Pesticide products that make false or misleading claims or are otherwise misbranded (for example, claims regarding the safety of the pesticide or its ingredients, such as “safe”, “non-poisonous”, “non-injurious”, “harmless”, “non-toxic”, or “all natural”)”

So… if you say your 100% natural wooden toy is “non-toxic”… boom…. you get flagged.   Crazy right?

Read that policy link above if you want a better understanding.

Let’s switch our attention to passing the course and requesting approval to sell your product.

AMAZON PESTICIDE COURSE ANSWERS

How to Clear Pesticide Gating

1. Make sure you are logged into the corresponding seller central account.
2. Visit this link to take the course:  Amazon Pesticide Course
3. Simply follow along in the course and use the answer key below

Module Answers

Module 1
Question 1: False

Module 2
Question 1: All but the Bacteria on the Human Hands
Question 2: Sanitizes
Question 3: All but Hand Sanitizer
Question 4: All but Rat Poison
Question 5: False
Question 6: 2

Module 3
Question 1: Ensure that the weed killer has an EPA Registration Number
Question 2: Producing

Module 4
Question 1: Nontoxic
Question 2: All but the image of the pest
Question 3: It does not list the products active ingredients

Module 5
Question 1: Any Certified Applicator

Module 6
Question 1: The label must not make false or misleading claims

Module 7
Question 1: Wooden Fence post treated with pesticide
Question 2: All but ‘the statement chemical free”
Question 3: Repels mosquitoes that carry malaria

Module 8
Question 1: A pesticide intended for sale or distribution in a foreign country
Question 2: All but “be accompanied by an informational pamphlet” and “be labeled in the language of the country where it was produced”
Question 3: All but Importing a pesticide that meets FIFRA requirements

That’s it!   You hopefully passed since you had the answers.   You can now request approval to sell your product.

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