FDA extends deadline

The US Food and Drug Administration is extending its ingredient-listing compliance deadline for some companies operating in areas where there have been recent natural disasters.
In a note issued through its Center for Tobacco Products, the FDA said it was aware that small-scale tobacco product manufacturers and importers in areas declared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to have been impacted by recent natural disasters were dealing with extraordinary circumstances.
And it said they might need additional time to meet the ingredient listing requirements of Section 904(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
‘As a result, FDA is extending the compliance deadline for the ingredient listing requirements to May 8, 2019, for small-scale tobacco product manufacturers and importers of deemed products on the market as of August 8, 2016, in the areas affected by these recent natural disasters,’ the FDA said.
Businesses with questions about the new compliance deadline were advised to contact the FDA at SmallBiz.Tobacco@fda.hhs.gov or 1.877.287.1373.
However, the FDA added that, for small-scale tobacco product manufacturers and importers of deemed products on the market as of August 8, 2016, not affected by recent natural disasters, the compliance date remained November 8, 2018.
Further details and a complete list of the affected areas is available here.