FDA Seeks Delay Of Graphic Warnings Requirement Deadline Due To Coronavirus Pandemic

Mealey's (May 11, 2020, 1:46 PM EDT) -- TYLER, Texas — A group of tobacco merchants and government agencies on May 6 filed a joint motion asking a federal court in Texas to extend deadlines for enforcement of the Food and Drug Administration’s new tobacco products graphic warnings rule by six months due to logistical delays caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al. v. FDA, et al., No. 20-176, E.D Texas)....