{
  "schema": "upg.factor.v1",
  "exam": [
    "PTCE"
  ],
  "domain": "Federal Requirements",
  "confidence": 0.98,
  "updated_at": "2026-09-07",
  "token_cost_hint": 220,
  "integrity": "practice_only",
  "id": "ptce/federal/cmea-pseudoephedrine",
  "title": "CMEA retail limits \u2014 pseudoephedrine / ephedrine / PPA",
  "claim": "Under the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, regulated sellers may not sell more than 3.6 grams (base) of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine to a purchaser per day; it is unlawful for a person to knowingly purchase more than 9 grams at retail in a 30-day period (mail-order 30-day seller limit is 7.5 g).",
  "plain": "Daily seller cap 3.6 g base. Buyer 30-day retail cap 9 g. Behind the counter / logbook / ID still apply \u2014 this card pins the grams.",
  "citations": [
    {
      "authority": "21 CFR 1314.20(a)",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-II/part-1314/section-1314.20",
      "pin": "1314.20(a)",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
      "quote": "Without regard to the number of transactions, a regulated seller (including a mobile retail vendor) may not in a single calendar day sell any purchaser more than 3.6 grams of ephedrine base, 3.6 grams of pseudoephedrine base, or 3.6 grams of phenylpropanolamine base in scheduled listed chemical products."
    },
    {
      "authority": "21 U.S.C. \u00a7 844(a)",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section844&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "pin": "844(a) 30-day retail purchase limit",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
      "quote": "It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally purchase at retail during a 30 day period more than 9 grams of ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base, or phenylpropanolamine base in a scheduled listed chemical product"
    }
  ],
  "html": "/factors/ptce/federal/cmea-pseudoephedrine",
  "json": "/factors/ptce/federal/cmea-pseudoephedrine.json"
}