Businesses will face fines of up to $11 million from later this year if they supply nicotine vaping products that fall foul of a strict new set of safety guidelines from the medicines regulator.
From October, minimum safety and quality standards will come into effect for vaping goods that are supplied into Australia and are not registered in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods. There are currently no nicotine vaping products in the register.
The move comes as part of an overhaul of vaping regulations which will mean Australians must have a prescription before buying e-cigarettes and vaping products online from overseas.
The new quality rules specify that the products must not contain any active ingredients other than nicotine. They also detail set labelling and packaging rules, including warnings to keep the goods out of reach of children.
Emma Koehn – Sydney Morning Herald – 2021-07-11.
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