Recently, the U.S Food and Drug Agency (FDA), a center dedicated to eliminating the sale of illegal tobacco products, delivered a significant announcement that caught both vapers and retailers off guard. This announcement was in the form of Warning Letters.
If you can recall, U.S senator, Dick Durbin, prodded the FDA commissioner, Stephen Hahn, concerning enforcing regulations on e-liquid vape products and their effects on the health of its users and the general public as a whole. No one could understand how long it might take the FDA to enforce the rule but, here we are.
With this recent development, no e-liquid product will be allowed to be purchased if the Premarket Tobacco Application, PMTA, was not submitted on or before September 9th, 2020. Also, products existing in the market before August 8th, 2016, are exempted from the current development. Only the latter can be sold without the FDA approving its sale.
A PMTA is essential to provide scientific evidence to shows that the consumed vape products or those in the market are appropriate for consumption.
The warning letters were handed out to companies defaulting to this rule. These companies were believed by the FDA to sell illegal tobacco vape liquids. Affected companies are e-liquid retailers. They sell vaping liquid products directly to consumers.
The warning letters require feedback within 15days of sending. And with the recent evolution involving the FDA, the U.S agency will not delay in pursuing with immediate effect to curb the illegal sales of vape liquids to ‘unsuspecting’ consumers.
If a response is not received from these companies within this set period, the companies run a risk of being closed down for a while or forever. E-liquids will not get to consumers this way.
FDA issued the letter to 10 companies that trade vape products without a prior warning before the quick enforcement. The affected companies are:
- E-Cig Barn LLC
- Little House Vapes
- Dropsmoke Inc.
- CLS Trading, which is commonly called Vapes dudes HQ
- Session supply Company
- Castle Rock Vapor LLC
- Perfection Vapes Inc.
- Coastal E-liquid laboratory, also known as GC Vapors LLC
- ETX Vape, also called CMM capital LLC
- Dr. Crimmy LLC, known better as Dr. Crimmy’s V-liquid
These companies, though registered under FDA with hundreds of their retail products, are held by FDA to be entangled in the sale of illegal products detrimental to human health since the vape products In question were not registered under the PMTA. For these affected retailers, sales may be discontinued, or total sales are abolished if they do not act in compliance with FDA standards on the sale of tobacco and vaping e-liquids.
The warning letters that were sent to the companies tell so much about the agency’s readiness to curb issues on the illegal sale of tobacco and vape products. FDA secures the nation by effectively safeguarding the sale of drugs, food, and medications for human use. This includes its bid to fully eliminate every vape liquid and E-Cigarette.
Though Vape users may not fully understand how useful this information can be, we all must know that these affected businesses may not retail e-cigarettes if the problem with FDA remains inconclusive.
