Prohibited uses

Products supplied by us must never be consumed, ingested, inhaled, injected, implanted, applied to the body, or otherwise introduced into or onto a human being. This applies to the Buyer, to anyone connected with the Buyer, and to any third party.

Specifically prohibited, without exception:

• any use in, on or by a human being, whether for research, self-experimentation, curiosity or any other reason;
• any human clinical, investigational or exploratory study, including a study that would otherwise be approved by an ethics committee — our material is not manufactured, tested or released to a standard that would support one;
• preparation, formulation, dilution, compounding or packaging of the material for eventual human use;
• supplying, gifting, lending or transferring the material to any person for human use, or where such use is foreseeable.

Our products are not sterile, not pyrogen-free, and not characterised for safety in a person. Purity established by chromatography and identity established by mass spectrometry say nothing whatsoever about safety in a living subject, and must not be read as if they did.

Products must not be used as veterinary medicines or for the care, treatment, supplementation, breeding or performance enhancement of any animal — including companion animals, horses, livestock and animals kept for sport.

Use in laboratory animal research is a distinct activity, governed by the Buyer's institutional animal care and use approvals, applicable licensing and law. Nothing in this policy authorises such use; it remains entirely the Buyer's responsibility, and our material is not supplied as a veterinary product in any context.

Buyers must not:

• resell, redistribute, auction or otherwise transfer the material for human or animal consumption;
• repackage, relabel, dilute, blend, encapsulate or compound the material into any product presented for consumption;
• list the material on any marketplace, forum or platform in terms that suggest, imply or invite consumer use;
• supply it to any person the Buyer knows, believes, or ought reasonably to believe intends to consume it or to on-sell it for consumption;
• strip, obscure or replace research-use labelling, lot identification or certificate references on material passed onward.

Resale for research use is permitted only under an executed wholesale agreement, which requires the research-use restriction and the lot documentation to be passed through intact.

Buyers and resellers must not:

• describe our products as approved, cleared, evaluated, prescription, therapeutic, supplement-grade or pharmaceutical-grade for human use;
• attach a therapeutic, curative, preventive, diagnostic, cosmetic, body-composition or performance claim to our products;
• alter, crop, redact, forge or selectively excerpt a certificate of analysis, or present a certificate as applying to a lot it does not cover;
• present our purity figures without the method, laboratory and lot to which they relate, or restate them in a way that implies a test we did not commission;
• use our name, marks or certificates to lend credibility to a product we did not supply, or to imply an endorsement, partnership or affiliation that does not exist.

Buyers must not use our products:

• in breach of any applicable law or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction, including controlled-substance, medicines, consumer-protection and advertising law;
• as a precursor, intermediate or starting material for the manufacture of a controlled substance or any unlawful product;
• in connection with organised or competitive sport in any manner that would breach the World Anti-Doping Code or the rules of any sporting body — many of the compounds we list appear on prohibited-substance lists, and we will not knowingly supply anyone using them for that purpose;
• in a manner that would cause us to breach export controls, sanctions or trade restrictions, or that involves onward transfer to a restricted party or destination.

The following requests are declined as a matter of policy. They are not escalated, and a refusal is not a negotiating position:

• guidance on quantities, schedules, protocols or routes of administration for a person or an animal;
• preparation or reconstitution instructions framed for use in a living subject;
• an opinion on whether a compound is safe, effective or suitable for a person;
• undervaluing a shipment, declaring a sale as a gift, or altering a customs description;
• shipping to a jurisdiction where import would be unlawful, or via an intermediary intended to obscure the final destination;
• removing research-use labelling, or supplying material without lot identification;
• issuing, amending or backdating a certificate, or supplying a certificate for a lot other than the one shipped.

Making such a request is itself grounds for cancelling an order and closing an account.

Where we believe on reasonable grounds that this policy has been or is likely to be breached, we may without notice and without liability:

• refuse, hold or cancel any order, including a paid order;
• suspend or permanently close the account;
• terminate any wholesale or supply agreement with immediate effect;
• decline all future business with the Buyer and any associated party;
• report the matter to the relevant regulatory or law-enforcement authority, and cooperate fully with any resulting enquiry.

A breach voids every warranty, remedy and obligation we would otherwise owe in respect of the affected material, including under our Returns and Refunds policy. The Buyer indemnifies us against all claims, losses, penalties and costs arising from a prohibited use, in accordance with our Terms of Service.

If you encounter our material being marketed, resold or presented for human consumption — on a marketplace, a social platform, a forum, or anywhere else — tell us through the compliance route on the contact page. Include the listing or URL, any lot codes visible, and screenshots where you have them.

Reports are investigated. Where a listing traces back to an account of ours, that account is closed. We would rather hear about it from you than from a regulator.

We may update this policy as law, regulatory guidance or our own practice changes. The version in force when an order is placed governs that order, and the date at the head of this document is the date of the current version.