If any product in your catalog contains a lithium battery, there's a compliance deadline coming up that you need to know about. After August 30, 2026, Amazon will remove listings that don't have a valid battery compliance report on file. That's 16 days from today. The rule isn't new, but enforcement is tightening, and the consequences are straightforward: no report, no listing.
Lithium batteries show up in more product categories than most sellers think. It's not just electronics. Wireless earbuds, electric toothbrushes, portable fans, toys with remote controls, LED candles, massage devices, smart kitchen tools, and hundreds of other everyday products all run on lithium cells. If your product uses a rechargeable battery or comes with batteries included, you should check whether the requirement applies before August 30.
What Documentation Amazon Requires
Amazon requires three things for lithium battery compliance. First, a battery safety test report from a recognized testing laboratory, compliant with one of three standards: UL 62133-2 (for secondary lithium cells and batteries), UL 1642 (for lithium batteries), or UL 2054 (for household and commercial batteries). Second, a UN 38.3 transport test report, which certifies that the battery can be safely transported. Third, a BTS battery test summary, which is a summary document that compiles key data from the safety and transport reports.
All three documents need to be valid, issued by an accredited laboratory, and specific to the battery or battery pack used in your product. A report covering a similar battery from a different manufacturer, or a report issued for a previous version of your product, won't satisfy the requirement. If you're sourcing from a manufacturer in China or elsewhere, the compliance burden still sits with you as the brand selling on Amazon, not with the supplier.
How to Upload Your Documentation
Amazon's compliance documentation for lithium batteries is submitted through Seller Central's Manage Your Compliance section, accessible under the Products menu. If your ASIN is flagged as requiring battery compliance, you'll see it in your compliance dashboard with a status indicator. You upload the test reports directly to the ASIN, and Amazon's compliance team reviews them. The review process isn't instant, so submitting on August 29 is not a plan.
If you're unsure whether your product is already flagged, the fastest check is pulling your ASINs in Manage Your Compliance and filtering for battery-related requirements. Products that have passed previous compliance reviews may still need updated documentation if the underlying battery or battery pack has changed since the original submission.
Suppliers who sell the same battery configuration to many brands sometimes provide compliance documentation for it. If your manufacturer has valid UL and UN 38.3 test reports for the specific cells used in your product, you can often use those reports for your Amazon submission. Ask your supplier before commissioning new testing, because new testing takes time and the window is short.
What Happens If You Miss the Deadline
Amazon's language is direct: products without a valid compliance report will be removed after August 30. That means suppressed listings, not suspended accounts. The listing goes down, your inventory stays in FBA, and you can reactivate once you've submitted valid documentation and it's been approved. But "once you've submitted" assumes you get through the review queue, which moves at its own pace.
The practical risk is timing. If your listing comes down on August 31 and the review takes two weeks, you're selling nothing in mid-September, which is when pre-Q4 sales momentum typically starts building. The penalty for missing this deadline isn't catastrophic in the way an account suspension is, but it's real and it comes at a bad time in the selling calendar.
For brands with large catalogs or products sourced from multiple manufacturers, the fastest path is a compliance audit: identify every ASIN with a battery component, check what's on file for each one, and prioritize submissions by Q4 revenue rank. That way, if you can't clear everything before August 30, the most important listings survive.
How to Get Testing Done in Time
If you don't have compliant documentation and need to get it, the main laboratories that conduct UL and UN 38.3 testing include Intertek, SGS, TÜV Rheinland, Bureau Veritas, and UL itself. Most of these offer expedited services. Standard turnaround is typically two to four weeks. Expedited turnaround can run seven to ten business days depending on the lab and the battery type.
That math puts the submission deadline right now. If you order expedited testing today and receive results in 10 business days, you're looking at reports in hand around August 28. That leaves you two days to submit and zero days for review delays. The safer approach, if you need testing done, is to treat today as the last day you can start and still have a reasonable chance of clearing by August 30.
If you want help working through which of your ASINs are at risk and what documentation you need for each one, our Amazon account management team has worked through compliance situations like this before. Schedule a call and we can help you figure out where you stand before the deadline hits.