The Food and Drug Administration is seeking civil money penalties (CMP) against two brick-and-mortar retailers and nine online retailers, for the sale of unauthorized tobacco products.
The FDA on Monday said it previously warned these retailers; however, followup inspections revealed the retailers did not correct the violations.
The agency is seeking the maximum penalty amount of $20,678 per violation from each retailer.
To date, FDA has filed civil money penalty complaints against 70 manufacturers and 160 retailers for distribution or sale of unauthorized tobacco products.
The FDA has authorized 34 e-cigarette products and devices to date, and that number is going to “continue to increase,” the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) Director Brian King said in a session Sept. 13 at CSP’s Tobacco Plus Forum in Schaumburg, Illinois.
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