FDA grants first-ever modified risk orders to eight smokeless tobacco products

October 22, 2019 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that, for the first time, it has authorized the marketing of products through the modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) pathway. The authorizations are for eight Swedish Match USA, Inc. snus smokeless tobacco products sold under the “General” brand name. These products had previously been authorized for U.S. sale without modified risk claims by the FDA in 2015 in response to filings of … (leggi tutto)