AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Bureau of Prisons halts exclusive nicotine pouch deal over FDA authorization concerns
The Federal Bureau of Prisons abruptly suspended sales of a startup’s flavored nicotine pouches in federal prisons after questions surfaced about the product’s lack of FDA approval and the process behind its exclusive contract. Federal prison officials had quietly allowed SHFT Holdings Enterprise LLC, a Florida-based startup, to become the only supplier of nicotine pouches […] The post Bureau of Prisons halts exclusive nicotine pouch deal over FDA authorization concerns appeared first on American Almanac .
The Federal Bureau of Prisons abruptly suspended sales of a startup’s flavored nicotine pouches in federal prisons after questions surfaced about the product’s lack of FDA approval and the process behind its exclusive contract. Federal prison officials had quietly allowed SHFT Holdings Enterprise LLC, a Florida-based startup, to become the only supplier of nicotine pouches sold in commissaries across 118 institutions. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) authorized the sale of these pouches through a series of internal memos and policy updates between May and July. But the arrangement drew scrutiny when it became clear that the mindSHFT nicotine pouches had not been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a legal requirement for…Open