Section 904(a)(3) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Tobacco Control Act, (FDCA) requires manufacturers and importers to report the quantities of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents (HPHCs) found in their tobacco products, or in the smoke produced by their products, by brand and sub-brand. 21 U.S.C. § 387d(a)(3). This requirement was extended to all deemed products such as e-cigarettes, e-liquid, cigars, hookah and pipe tobacco when the Deeming Rule went into effect on August 8, 2016.
Pursuant to the initial compliance policy set forth in the Deeming Rule, HPHC reports for all deemed finished tobacco products on the market at that time were due by August 8, 2019. Not long after soon-to-be-departing FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb began his term in 2017, FDA announced that it would be delaying several compliance dates, including the HPHC reporting deadline, by three months to November 8, 2019 for all deemed products.
Azim Chowdhury & Benjamin Wolf – Continuum of Risk – March 13, 2019.
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