The warning letters were issued on Aug. 8, 2019 and the companies in question were given 15 working days to respond to the FDA, outlining how the intended to address the FDA’s concerns. The companies are asked to provide a date when they planned to discontinue the sale or distribution of these products and how they planned to comply with the FD&C Act going forward.
This is not the first time the FDA has issued warning letters to companies operating within the e-cigarette and vapor industries. Previously, the agency issued letters to nearly 90 companies, questioning the marketing and distribution of over 130 different electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products [read more here]. Those letters led to many of these companies removing the products in question from the market.
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