Which products legally must be registered with a public registry before they can be sold.
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Some product types may only legally be sold if they are first registered with a public authority. This page lists those mandatory registries; absence from one of them generally means the product is not legally on sale in that jurisdiction. The wiki cross-references public extracts of these registries where they are published as open data.
Pesticide products
US: every pesticide product must be registered under FIFRA §3 with the U.S. EPA → carries an EPA Registration Number, public in PPIS.
Canada: registration with Health Canada PMRA is mandatory → carries a PCP number, public in the Pesticide Product Information Database (PPID).
EU: active substances are evaluated under Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 (plant protection) or 528/2012 (biocides); product-level authorisation is at member-state level.
Medical devices
US: most devices must register with FDA (21 CFR Part 807) and be issued a UDI listed in GUDID.
EU: under Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR), every device must be registered in EUDAMED and carry a UDI.
Canada: Health Canada Medical Devices Active Licence Listing (MDALL) — registration is mandatory.
Natural Health Products / Supplements
Canada: Natural Health Products are licensed by Health Canada → NPN. Licence is mandatory before sale.
US: dietary supplements are not pre-registered, but labels are voluntarily submitted to NIH ODS DSLD.
EU: food supplements are notified at member-state level under Directive 2002/46/EC; there is no EU-wide registry.
Cosmetic products
EU: every cosmetic product must be notified in the CPNP (Cosmetic Products Notification Portal) under Reg. (EC) 1223/2009 before placing on market.
US: under MoCRA 2022, facility registration + product listing with FDA became mandatory (with phased compliance).
Canada: notification to the Cosmetic Notification System (CNS) is required within 10 days of first sale.
China: NMPA filing or registration mandatory.
Energy-using products
EU: products in scope of the EU Ecodesign + Energy Label Regulations must be registered in EPREL.
US: Federal-conservation-standard appliances must be certified in the DOE Compliance Certification Management System (CCMS).
Canada: NRCan ENERGY STAR.
Radio-emitting equipment
US: equipment authorisation by FCC (Part 15 etc.) is mandatory before market entry; FCC ID published in OET EAS. EU: Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU; conformity is via NB review, not a single public registry. Canada: ISED RSS / IC certification.
Vehicles
Type approval is mandatory in essentially every jurisdiction. EU Whole-Vehicle Type Approval is centralised; US NHTSA assigns WMI / VIN ranges; Canada Transport Canada equivalents. Recalls flow through public registries (NHTSA, Transport Canada VRDB, UK DVSA, EU IMI).
Trademarks (not product registries, but cited)
Trademarks are registered with national IP offices. We surface USPTO TDXF bulk data; the EU equivalent is EUIPO, Canada is CIPO. A trademark registration does not certify product safety — it only certifies the brand name.
ProductGuru summarises public regulatory information. We are not lawyers, regulators or product-safety consultants. Citations on this page link to the underlying official source; consult those sources, or qualified counsel in your jurisdiction, before relying on any claim for a commercial decision.