Electronic-cigarette maker Juul has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency earlier this year ordered the company to remove its products from stores in the United States.
The lawsuit (pdf) was filed on Sept. 20 in a court in Washington, D.C., over the agency’s refusal to hand over supporting documents to Juul pertaining to the FDA’s reasoning behind the ban.
Washington, D.C.-based Juul was ordered back in June to remove its e-cigarettes off the shelves in the U.S. market after the FDA said the company’s application “lacked sufficient evidence” regarding the toxicology levels of the products….