The producer of Elf Bar disposable vapes acknowledged that certain shops received items with unlawful features, therefore three large British grocery chains took some of the devices off their shelves.
According to ITV News, Morrisons has discontinued carrying any of the 600 series' varieties, while Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Morrisons have pulled the watermelon-flavored Elf Bar 600 devices from their stores. These three stores belong to some of the biggest food chains in Britain.
The British tabloid The Daily Mail tested multiple Elf Bar 600 vapes and revealed they held three to 3.2 milliliters of e-liquid, which prompted the supermarket retailers to make their decision. Vape tanks and other containers connected to vaping devices that hold more than 2 milliliters are forbidden by UK law.
Contrary to what the Daily Mail had stated, the goods in question did not include e-liquid with nicotine concentrations higher than the permissible limit of 20 mg/mL (2 percent).
Elf Bar expressed regret and clarified that the goods were not purposefully shipped to the British retailers. With millions of units sold per week, Elf Bar, a Chinese company, is the most well-known disposable vaporizer in the UK. The company produces goods with up to 13 mL of e-liquid that aren't marketed in the EU or the UK.
The news comes after a two-year period of mild moral panic over disposable vapes in the UK, which has echoed similar worries in other nations. A British lawmaker declared last week that she will soon forward a measure to outlaw the sale of single-use vaporizers. The Scottish government has also contemplated banning single-use items.
Disposables currently account for the majority of sales in the convenience store/gas station portion of the vaping market in the United States.
