UK e-cigarette flavoring requirements read

Jun 07, 2022 Leave a message

Britain is the European electronic cigarette market openness, the highest since 2021 managed by the MHRA the UK electronic smoke announcement of this year, the official notice party coming in a lot of supplementary information and notice modification request, let the domestic many enterprises feel the unprecedented difficulties, this period for you to read the official information, clear notice should be submitted when the data specification requirements.

Notice the content

A information on the composition of e-cigarette liquid in notified products, including ingredient identification, quantity, function, CLP classification and toxicity information, and all available toxicological studies of ingredients and emissions before and after heating;

B. Notifying parties should carefully assess the impact of toxicity data on their products to ensure that products supplied to consumers are safe;

C The notifying party must declare in its notice that it is fully responsible for the quality and safety of the products when they are placed on the market and used under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions.

Disable components

A any ingredient that poses a risk to human health when heated or unheated;

B vitamins or other additives that create the impression that tobacco products are beneficial or reduce health risks;

C Caffeine or taurine or other additives and irritant compounds associated with energy and vitality;

D Additives with emission coloring properties;

E additives with carcinogenic, teratogenic or reproductive toxicity (CMR) in unburned form;

F Substances classified as carcinogenic, teratogenic or reproductive toxic (CMR categories 1 and 2);

G Substances with specific target organ toxicity to respiratory tract (STOT category 3);

H respiratory sensitizer;

I vitamins used as food supplements;

J specific acylates, alcohols, aldehydes, heavy metals;

K formaldehyde - releasing preservatives.

Note: The above are the general requirements mentioned by the British authorities. The list of banned substances is not listed in detail. The substances in the list of ingredients should be classified and evaluated in detail.

Flavor substance in ingredient list

A to allow the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes, provided that the notifying party and the flavoring substance supplier should give special consideration to the safety of flavoring ingredients;

B It is permitted not to disclose substances less than 0.1wt% in the final product formulation in the notification, provided that toxicological data for all ingredients must be supplemented if required by the competent authority if safety concerns arise with the product;

C The safety and quality of flavoring substances must comply with the Eu food flavoring regulations.

Although the UK e-cigarette market is highly open, its regulatory requirements are becoming increasingly standardized. It is suggested that e-cigarette manufacturers should incorporate the regulations of the exporting country into their product quality control standards when designing their products, so as to avoid problems that are difficult to remedy when exporting to the market.