Vapouround magazine Issue 06 | Page 78

MY ADVICE IS TO ENSURE YOUR NAMED IMPORTER IS IN THE COUNTRY THAT REPRESENTS YOUR BIGGEST MARKET. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU’VE NAMED YOUR IMPORTER, AND THAT THEY ARE A CURRENT EU NATURAL. human consumption in the opinion of the MHRA until they have reviewed your data and a ny company who attempts to guarantee this should be utterly ashamed of themselves. A good compliance company will highlight any red flags and steer you in the right re-formulation direction and not by offering a product they either manufacture or supply as an easy fix replacement. Do not mug yourselves off by these types of tactics, but if your e-liquid contains something implicitly harmful to humans in the vapour phase by liquid inclusion or generation, or if your chosen company’s analytical methodology is not adequate, you will simply fail to satisfy the MHRA. We suspect they will reject approximately 80% of all submissions, so try to ensure your compliance is provided from a company with an excellent pedigree, and a fitting analytical emissions methodology to satisfy the TPD requirements. One final negative pointer to look out for in any company you are considering or have already instructed is the typical dodgy salesman approach. We are often contacted by large e-liquid manufacturers who say they have found a company, who offers money back TPD guarantees, and I would say to you the customer, beware, beware, beware! Adequate emissions testing is expensive for e-liquids, and even more expensive for devices, so any company who tell you they can do it for free, or a few hundred pounds per product, is definitely NOT in a position to get you through the TPD. TRUST PREVENTS DISAPPOINTMENT Well I hope that has cleared up some of your immediate TPD issues. Whether you are small retailer with only one Vape shop, or a large manufacturer with multiple e-liquids living outside the EU’s border, you all have a responsibility to the TPD, at a variety of different levels. Good business practice implemented straight away will ensure you will still be able sell your products to the EU market beyond November 20th. Whether you decide to consult with Vape Compliance or any other Compliance company, do it sooner rather than later. We expect the MHRA will be looking to slim down the currently unregulated industry quite substantially in order to manage it a bit more effectively. Please take your responsibility to the TPD’s regulatory requirements very seriously, and do take some action before it is literally too late. CHECK your existing Compliance Company against the standards we have recommended above, or if you have still not addressed your TPD responsibility do so now by contacting us ;) Everyone has a TPD responsibility to bear... From individual shop audits for independent retailers, to large scale e-liquids Technical and Toxicological Dossiers for huge manufacturers, we offer a level of service for everyone, so if you would like to know how Vape Compliance can still help you, please contact us urgently for a specific quote: info@vapecompliance. com or check out our website www.vapecompliance.com for testimonials from the market leaders we work with. LOOK OUT FOR THE NEXT ISSUE AS THERE IS A FULL INTERVIEW WITH OUR VERY OWN STEPHEN BUSS 78 ISSUE 06 VAPOUROUND MAGAZINE