FDA Updates Import Alert List to Include Lagom Nicotine Pouches.

Feb.27
FDA Updates Import Alert List to Include Lagom Nicotine Pouches.
FDA updates "98-06 Import Alert" list, allowing seizure of Lagom nicotine pouches from Belagom AB without physical inspection.

Recently, the United States FDA updated its "Import Alert 98-06" list, also known as the "Red List". The updated guidance from the FDA states that customs officials can now detain tobacco products listed on the red list of this import alert without conducting physical inspections.

FDA Updates Import Alert List to Include Lagom Nicotine Pouches.
Nicotine pouch brand Lagom | Image source: Lagom official website


The product that was included in the "red list" this time is the nicotine pouch brand Lagom from the Swedish company BELAGOM AB.


The following is the detailed list.


Belagom AB Company


Publication Date: February 25, 2025


Hollandargatan 22, Stockholm, Sweden.


98 - A tobacco product available for consumer consumption.


Publication date: February 25, 2025.


Description: "Lagom" brand offers smokeless tobacco and nicotine delivery products for consumer use.


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