Rules, Regulations & Guidance > Interpretation of and Compliance Policy for Certain Label Requirement; Applicability of Certain Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Requirements to Vape Shops

Rules, Regulations & Guidance > Interpretation of and Compliance Policy for Certain Label Requirement; Applicability of Certain Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Requirements to Vape Shops

FDA In Brief: As part of continuing efforts to advance robust framework for oversight of e-cigarettes, FDA finalizes compliance policy for certain activities conducted by vape shops that modify e-cigarettes

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final guidance titled “Interpretation of and Compliance Policy for Certain Label Requirement; Applicability of Certain Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Requirements to Vape Shops,” intended to assist retailers who sell tobacco products such as e-cigarettes, e-liquids, vaporizers and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including their components and parts. 

In 2016, the FDA finalized a rule that extended its authority under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, to additional tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and other ENDS products, cigars, pipe tobacco and hookah tobacco, among others. Under the FD&C Act, vape shops that engage in certain activities may also be subject to particular requirements that apply to tobacco product manufacturers and to establishments that engage in the manufacture, preparation, compounding, or processing of ...