In Egypt, heated tobacco must comply with the General Standards for Traditional Cigarette Alternatives issued by the Organization for Standardization and Quality - General Requirements for Traditional Cigarette Alternatives - Part 2: Requirements for Heated Tobacco, as an obligation for manufacturers and importers. According to Egyptian Minister of Finance Decree No. 38 of 2021, Egyptian ports implement the "Advanced Cargo Information (ACI) declaration" for forecasting cargo data for cargo registration.
Basic Requirements
The tobacco used in the product should be free of foreign substances, whether plant or non plant.
The percentage of moisture in the tobacco used shall not be less than 7%.
The percentage of nicotine in used tobacco shall not exceed 3.5% of dry weight.
The ratio of sodium benzoate or potassium sorbate shall not exceed 2 grams per kilogram of tobacco weight.
The pesticide residues in tobacco should be within the internationally allowed range.
Heating the product does not produce any ash or combustion.
The purity of propylene glycol should not be lower than 95%.
The purity of glycerol should not be less than 98% and should be food grade
Packaging requirements
The product should be packaged appropriately to ensure that its characteristics are preserved without affecting its quality and suitability for consumption. The following information should be written in Arabic and cannot be erased or erased. It can also be described in a foreign language other than Arabic.
The name and type of the product.
Trademark on packaging and products (if any).
The name of the manufacturer or importer, as well as the country of origin in the case of import.
The weight percentage of nicotine in the product.
The quantity of products in the packaging.
Smoking cessation hotline number 16805
Health warning message
1) An Arabic warning must be affixed to each packaging, which reads: 'Caution: Smoking can damage health and cause death'
2) The warning should be in Arabic and the font should be clear and easy to read
3) Warning must occupy at least half of the front and back of the packaging
Month and year of manufacture, etc
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The staff of the Element laboratory all have a bachelor's degree or above and have worked in the field of testing and compliance services for many years. Among them, the engineers of the electronic atomizer project are the first batch of senior experts in China engaged in electronic atomizer testing and compliance services.
Element adheres to the research of laws, regulations and testing standards, continuously transmits the latest legal and regulatory information to customers, completes the method validation of new testing standards as soon as possible, and applies them to the testing of related products.
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