{"id":48746,"date":"2025-01-17T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T02:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/?p=48746"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T02:42:11","slug":"dti-suspends-14-vape-manufacturers-and-importers-for-violating-packaging-and-health-warning-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/a\/48746","title":{"rendered":"DTI suspends 14 vape manufacturers and importers for violating packaging and health warning regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has suspended 14 manufacturers and importers of Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products for violating the packaging and health warning requirements under RA11900 or the \u201cVaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These companies violated Section 4(d) of RA11900, which mandates compliance with internal revenue fiscal marking requirements as prescribed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Non-compliance with\u00a0these regulations will result in penalties, including fines and imprisonment. As stated under Section 23 of RA11900, the following penalties will be imposed:<\/p>\n<p>1st Offense: Php 2,000,000 fine + imprisonment of 2 years;<\/p>\n<p>2nd Offense: Php 4,000,000 fine + imprisonment of 4 years;<\/p>\n<p>3rd Offense: Php 5,000,000 fine + imprisonment of 6 years + revocation of business permits and licenses.<\/p>\n<p>The listed manufacturers and importers were issued with a Preliminary Order (PO) or Preventive Measure Order (PMO), and thus are suspended from manufacturing, importing, distributing, selling, and promoting ALL of their Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products. The PO\/PMO is valid and effective until a decision on the formal charge is rendered and\/or becomes final.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturers and importers are reminded to comply with the packaging requirements for Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products, including graphic health warnings and fiscal marking; otherwise, they shall be held liable under RA11900.<\/p>\n<p>The Office for the Special Mandate on Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products, their Devices, and Novel Tobacco Products (OSMV) encourages consumers to remain vigilant and report any violations, including uncertified products and errant distributors and retailers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dti.gov.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-832-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"An information sheet detailing the list of suspended manufacturers and importers for violating packaging and health warning regulations\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u6765\u6e90\uff1adti<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has suspended 14 manufacturers and importers of Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products for violating the packaging and health warning requirem &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}