An important compliance deadline is looming for manufacturers and importers of deemed tobacco products. If your tobacco product was on the market as of Aug. 8, 2018, you are expected to submit your ingredient listings to to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by May 8, 2018. Small-scale manufacturers have a bit longer to submit their list as the deadline for them is Nov. 8, 2018.
INGREDIENT LIST REQUIREMENTS
There has been some confusion around what the FDA plans to enforce and what it will be looking for in the submitted ingredients list. The FDA will be enforcing ingredient listing submission for components or parts of products that are made or derived from tobacco or those that contain ingredients that are burned, aerosolized or ingested during tobacco product use. This includes:
- Cigar filler
- Cigar binder
- Cigar wrapper
- Pipe tobacco
- Waterpipe tobacco
- E-liquids
- Cigarette tobacco
- Cigarette paper
- Smokeless tobacco
- Roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco
- RYO rolling paper
- RYO tube
The FDA will not enforce the ingredient listing for:
- Electrical components including, but not limited to, batteries, charging systems, circuit boards, wiring, and connectors
- System software
- Digital display, lights, and buttons to adjust settings
- Connection adapters
- Cartomizers
- Coils
- Wicks
ONE LIST FOR MULTIPLE PRODUCS
Manufacturers and importers of tobacco products can satisfy the ingredient listing requirement by providing the FDA with one listing that relates to multiple products if the tobacco products are identical per weight composition of ingredients for tobacco products sold under multiple brands/sub-brands or if it is identical per weight composition of ingredients for tobacco products sold in multiple product sizes (volume or quantity, NOT packaging size). Manufacturers and importers are required to identify all brands and sub-brands and product sizes for the associated tobacco products in the submission.
