FDA "Red List" - Updated 22 December 2024.

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Last Updated:  22 December 2024

I wanted to put together an article here that I could keep updated with any changes or updates to the FDA "red list". Basically, these are any products that the FDA is currently blocking from import to the US. To do a quick catch up, back in 2009, Congress gave the FDA massive control over the tobacco industry with the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. For many of us, we order online, and you're probably familiar with the "clearance process" that our packages go through with UPS when they arrive in the US. Lately, however, FDA has been blocking a lot of products by saying they are a "new product without a PMTA" (Alert 98-06), or they have "labeling issues" (Alert 98-08).  If you're wondering about the import process, my friend Rob Hubbard of the Snuff Taker's Ephemeris said it best:  "most tobacco snus has been deemed "substantially similar" to tobacco products that existed prior to 2007 and were commercially available in the US, and thus are able to be imported so long as the proper warning labels are in place. Snuff, snus, and chewing tobacco have traditionally been granted a blanket grandfathering-in waiver".  However, lately the FDA does not seem to be going by that any longer (in regards to snus, nicotine pouches are much newer).  Now, many products (snus and nicotine pouches) are being put on the FDA "red list", and many stores are no longer selling these to the US.

Here are links to the FDA Red List if you're interested in reading through all the nitty gritty:

FDA Red List

Snus Products on the Red List (As of 22 December 2024)
  • Göteborgs Rapé (Brand) - Added December 10th, 2024
  • Knox (Products Listed: “Knox Loose snus”) - Added February 28th, 2024
  • Oden’s Snus (Brand) - Added December 6th, 2024
  • Röda Lacket (mislabeled as “Scruf Roda Lacket”) - Added February 28th, 2024
  • Siberia (Presumably snus and NP) - Added November 7th, 2024
  • Skruf Products (Products Listed: “Scruf White Portion No. 27”, “Scruf Portion No. 24 White XTRA STRONG”, “Scruf Portion No. 2 Mint medium”) - Added February 28th, 2024
Nicotine Pouch Products on the Red List (As of 22 December 2024)
  • Klint (Brand) - Added October 24th, 2024
  • Lyft (Product Listed: “Lyft Cool Air”) - Added October 24th, 2024
  • NOIS (Brand) - Added November 21st, 2024
  • Siberia (Presumably snus and NP) - Added November 7th, 2024
  • Skruf Superwhite (Brand) - Added February 28th, 2024
  • Velo (Brand) - note, this is the Swedish Velo - Added October 24th, 2024
  • White Fox (Brand) - Added December 6th, 2024
  • XQS (Brand) - Added December 2nd, 2024
NOTE:  You may notice some of these brands - such as Siberia, Velo, White Fox, and XQS are currently sold in the US.  This applies to the products made and labeled in Sweden and imported to the US via an online e-store purchase from Sweden.

What does all this mean?

If you order these products, they may be blocked on import into the US when they go through the clearance process.  They may get through, they may not.  So it is up to you if you want to take the risk, but some stores may not issue a refund or replace the products.  So, order at your own risk if you want to purchase anything on the Red List!

I will update this list as new products are added to this list!

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