The FDA Center for Tobacco Products announced Thursday that 29 warning letters were sent in August to vaping manufacturers and sellers, ordering them to remove products from the market or face enforcement actions. According to the agency, these companies have more than 268,000 products registered with the FDA.
Two of the letters sent in August went to manufacturers that submitted PMTAs the FDA refused to accept, and another went to a company that filed PMTAs for some products but not others.
Since our last update on June 4, the FDA has issued 47 warning letters (including the August letters), making a total of 169 so far this year.
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