MANILA, Philippines — Nueva Ecija Rep. Estrellita Suansing called out the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday for what she called the “premature” issuance of regulations governing vapor products and heated tobacco products (HTPs) as public consultations on the matter had not even been completed.
According to Suansing, the FDA issued Administrative Order No. 2020-0055, which was signed on Dec. 1, 2020, but was only posted on its website last Jan. 4.
“It is premature and clearly done in bad faith,” Suansing said in a statement. “Despite the unfinished public consultation on the FDA’s draft guidelines and numerous unresolved matters raised by legislators and stakehol…
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