# Federal — retail sale, statutory behind-the-counter requirement — Pseudoephedrine purchase limits: federal gram limits and stricter state rules

For Federal, jurisdiction is Federal — retail sale, statutory behind-the-counter requirement; prescription or other restriction is the seller places the product such that customers do not have direct access to the product before the sale is made; statute or regulation citation is 21 U.S.C. 830(e)(1)(A)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Jurisdiction:** Federal — retail sale, statutory behind-the-counter requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Prescription or other restriction:** the seller places the product such that customers do not have direct access to the product before the sale is made _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or regulation citation:** 21 U.S.C. 830(e)(1)(A)(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> In offering the product for sale, the seller places the product such that customers do not have direct access to the product before the sale is made (in this paragraph referred to as “behind-the-counter” placement). For purposes of this paragraph, a behind-the-counter placement of a product includes circumstances in which the product is stored in a locked cabinet that is located in an area of the facility involved to which customers do have direct access.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/830

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
Part of [Pseudoephedrine purchase limits: federal gram limits and stricter state rules](https://referencesource.org/pseudoephedrine-purchase-limits-by-state/).