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Prohibited Items Policies

Prohibited items that cannot be shipped by SPX

i. Animal & animals related products including, without limitation, live animals, wildlife animals, mounted specimen, elephant ivory, tiger tooth amulet or any parts of animals illegal to sell and/or all endangered species provided under the law;
ii. Artifacts and antiquities
iii. Used cosmetics
iv. Counterfeit currency and stamps
v. Credit and debit cards
vi. Currency or credits including, without limitation, digital currency or credits, and stored value cards, unless expressly authorised by SPX;
vii. Drugs (including but not limited to Class “A” controlled drugs under the First Schedule of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (e.g. cannabis and its derivatives such as hemp proteins, powder seeds, oil and beverages, etc., and/or opium, cocaine, ketamine, gambir, bufotenine etc.), medical devices, therapeutic products (including prescription-only medicines and pharmacy-only medicines), drug-like substances and associated paraphernalia. For a list of Class “A” controlled drugs and a list of prohibited medical devices/therapeutic products, please click here and here respectively;
viii. Telecommunication equipment that has not been registered with the Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore, and electronic surveillance equipment and other similar electronic equipment such as cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners, traffic signal control devices, wiretapping devices and telephone bugging devices;
ix. Embargoed goods
x. Firearms, weapons (such as pepper spray, stun guns, etc) and replicas of the same
xi. Prohibited Food: For the safety of our Users, Sellers may not list the following food and food-related items on the Platform:
a. Listings containing medicinal claims - that is, a claim that the item is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans and/or animals, contraception, inducing anaesthesia or otherwise preventing or interfering with the normal operation of a physiological function, whether permanently or temporarily, and whether by way of terminating, reducing or postponing, or increasing or accelerating, the operation of that function or in any other way (for example, pharmaceutical drugs, contact lenses, misbranded dietary supplements);
b. Noxious food items - food which contains any prohibited substances or substances in excess of permitted proportions, or adulterated food without fully informing Buyer at the time of sale of the nature of the transaction;
c. Non-pasteurised dairy products;
d. Wild mushrooms;
e. Critically endangered or threatened species of fish, wildlife, birds and plants (including those listed at https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php and https://www.nparks.gov.sg/biodiversity/cites/cites-classification-of-endangered-species); and
f. Any other food items hazardous to human health.
Food not falling into the Prohibited Food category above must adhere to these minimum standards and guidelines:
I. Expiration dates – all food items must be clearly and properly labelled with an expiration or “use by” date. Expired food items must not be listed;
II. Sealed containers – all food and related products sold on the Platform should be packaged or sealed to ensure that Buyer can identify evidence of tampering or defect; and
III. Perishable food items - Sellers who list perishable items should clearly identify in the item description the steps that they will take to ensure that the goods are properly packaged;
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