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216 cartons of disposable vapes were seized by the U.S. customs agents at the port of Lehigh Valley in Allentown Pennsylvania. 86,000 disposable vapes were disguised as “LED Lights” which the customs of border protection destroyed before they could be shipped.

Before the seizure, there had been 48 unrelated shipments of illegal vaping products moving from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia from June to August. The FDA determined that the Alphaa Onee plus disposables violated the Federal Food and Drug Cosmetic Act. The intentional misbranded goods imported by an unauthorized agent aided in the seizure.

 

 

The shipment came from China and Hong Kong and included disposable and pod-based products with brands including Bidi, Eonsmoke, Pop, Puff, and St!k. The disposables seized was the Alpha Onne plus, a China-made disposable that missed the vaping cut off for vaping products to be approved for marketing by the FDA.

The products were not on the market before August 8th, 2016, so it violated the rule. Also, there were no premarket tobacco applications receiving approval before going on the market. The disposables are closely related to black market products because they aren’t fully legal.

The Alphaa One plus would have made an estimated profit of 1.5 million divided between the distributor and retail had it been purchased by consumers.