Michael McHale , 2025-05-12 12:00:00
Products found to have almost four to five times the permitted volume of nicotine-containing liquid
Health officials have issues warnings around three e-cigarette products that contain nicotine despite labels suggesting they don’t include the addictive substance.
The products, for which European product safety (RAPEX) alerts have been issued, contain nicotine at concentrations of 18.0 mg/ml to 19.0 mg/ml following analysis by the State Laboratory.
The products involved are:
- The Crystal Bling 6000+ puffs – Sub-brand (flavour): 5G HRTP Blue Razz Lemonade, Batch No. THE240801
- McKesse MK Bar 7000 – Sub-brand (flavour): Passionfruit & Lime
- JNR Crystal Pro Max 5000+ puff – 0% nicotine Sub-brands (flavours): Kiwi Watermelon Ice Batch No. C24H8399-CP5000.
HSE National Environmental Health Service is calling for much greater vigilance by retailers and importers of e-cigarettes with regard to the safety, quality packaging and labelling of such products in order to protect consumers from potential harm.
They are appealing to people selling e-cigarettes and vapes to ask their supplier where the products they are selling are coming from and are they legal.
The public has also been advised to return the products to the retailer from whom they were bought.
HSE regional chief environmental health officer Dr Maurice Mulcahy said that while the levels of nicotine found in the e-cigarettes is below the legal permitted limit of 20 mg/ml, ‘it is not what the consumer has been told they contain’.
“In addition, these products were found to have 7.7ml to 9.4ml of nicotine-containing liquid, almost 4 to 5 times the permitted volume (2ml),” he added.
“The HSE National Environmental Health Service, in response to finding non-compliant and unsafe products on the Irish market, will continue to use its legal powers to protect the public up to and including product seizure, product destruction and prosecutions.
“However, retailers play an important role in protecting the consumers of such products from potential harm and should be checking both the products themselves and their suppliers’ details before selling them on to consumers. Otherwise, they may not only be putting the consumer at risk, they may be breaking the law and making it more difficult to trace and seek the recall and withdrawal of dangerous batches of such products.”
Retailers have been advised to remove these e-cigarettes from sale and contact the HSE at info.tpd@hse.ie providing full product traceability details.
A recall notice should also be displayed in a prominent position in stores that have stocked the product, as well as on related websites and social media.
