Where is the MHRA notified products list?

It's on the MHRA publication site, cms.mhra.gov.uk. Choose the ECIG tile to open the Great Britain list of products published since 1 January 2021. Links below the search boxes lead to the Northern Ireland list, products published up to 31 December 2020, and withdrawn products. GOV.UK's MHRA e-cigarette guidance links to the same site.

How do I search the list?

MHRA's guidance lists five search fields: ECID, submitter name, brand name, brand sub type and product type. The ECID is the most reliable because it identifies one notification; MHRA describes it as a 12-digit number that may be printed on the outer packaging or the product. Results can also be downloaded as an Excel file from the results table.

How often is the MHRA list updated?

MHRA's advice for retailers, updated in May 2025, says its published lists of notified products are updated weekly. That's a good reason to re-check lines you already stock on a regular cycle, rather than once when you first buy them, and to record the date of each check against the product.

Is it illegal to sell a vape that isn't on the MHRA list?

MHRA's retailer advice says a manufacturer or importer may not supply you a product that isn't on its publication page, and that supplying unpublished products is an offence. Its wider guidance says products may not be supplied until the notification is published for Great Britain or Northern Ireland. If you can't find a product, ask the supplier before you buy.

Do 0mg e-liquids and shortfills need to be on the list?

MHRA's guidance says products without nicotine, such as 0% e-liquids, fall outside the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations and are covered by general product safety rules instead, so they won't be on the notified list. Check the nicotine content on the pack; synthetic nicotine is still nicotine for these rules.

If a product is on the list, is it automatically compliant?

No. MHRA says publication doesn't guarantee that labelling meets UK requirements and that the retailer is responsible for making sure products comply. Notified products can still be found in breach later. A kit with a tank over 2ml can't be supplied even if the kit was notified, so check the pack and the device as well as the list.

We put our own brand on a vape. Do we have to notify it?

MHRA treats anyone who manufactures, imports or re-brands an e-cigarette or refill container as a producer, and producers notify. Retailers and wholesalers who only buy and sell don't. MHRA's guidance says importers and re-branders should first check with their supplier whether a UK notification already exists, because a duplicate isn't needed.

MHRA Notified Products List for Vapes: How to Check

Short answer: the MHRA notified products list for vapes is where MHRA publishes the nicotine vapes and e-liquids notified for sale in the UK, and a product must be published on it before it can be supplied. To check a product, open the MHRA publication site, choose ECIG, and search the Great Britain list by the product's ECID, then confirm the brand and sub-type match the pack in front of you. Products for Northern Ireland, products published before 2021 and withdrawn products are on separate lists linked from the same page. A listing is where the check starts, not where it ends: MHRA says publication doesn't prove the label is compliant, and that's still your job.

From our side

The mistake we'd most want to prevent isn't buying an unlisted product. It's trusting a listed one. MHRA is clear that publication doesn't prove the label is compliant, and a notified kit can still be unsellable because of what's in the box, like a tank that holds more than 2ml or a non-compliant accessory packed alongside. The list also changes every week, so a line that was listed at goods-in can be withdrawn while it's still on your price list. Match the ECID and open one pack when a line arrives, then re-check every saved ECID on a fixed day each week.

— Avi Singh, Founder

The four lists, and which one you need

The page that comes up when you choose ECIG is only one of four. Searching the wrong one is an easy way for a legal product to look like it "isn't on the list", or for a withdrawn one to look fine. From MHRA's advice for consumers and advice for retailers and producers:

List	What it holds	When you need it
Great Britain, from 1 January 2021	Products notified through the GB system and published since 2021	Almost every line you sell in England, Scotland and Wales
Northern Ireland, from 1 January 2021	Products notified through the EU Common Entry Gate (EU-CEG) for the NI market	Any line you supply to customers in Northern Ireland
UK, up to 31 December 2020	Historic notifications, which MHRA says remain legal for supply in GB and NI	Older lines that don't show on the GB list
Withdrawn products	Withdrawn notifications	When a line you stock has disappeared from the GB list

The GB list opens straight from the ECIG tile. The other three are linked below the search boxes. A product found only on the withdrawn list isn't one we'd buy or keep selling without written confirmation from the supplier of its current status.

How to search it properly

MHRA's guidance names five search fields: ECID, submitter name, brand name, brand sub type and product type. In practice:

Search by ECID first. It identifies one notification. MHRA's Drug Safety Update describes it as a 12-digit number that may be printed on the outer packaging or the product itself. If it isn't on the pack, ask the supplier for it in writing.
Match what you find to the pack. A brand name search can return dozens of near-identical results. Check the submitter, brand sub-type (often the flavour or strength) and product type against the item, not just the brand.
Use the filters to narrow, then reset. MHRA's publication FAQ says the fields suggest entries as you type, the submitter name narrows results, and a Reset Filter button starts a new search.
Save the result. Each row has an Excel download. Keep it, or at least the ID and the date you checked, against the product.
Not found? Stop. MHRA's advice is to ask the supplier to confirm notification and publication and give you the details to verify it. Until it's published, the product shouldn't be supplied to you.

The list's help pages refer to both ECID and GBID, so record whichever ID the GB list shows for the product. That same field matters at goods-in for duty stamps: our duty stamp checklist lists the notification ID among the product data for any line above 0mg/ml.

Check one SKU at goods-in

Pick one nicotine line, ideally a new one from a new supplier. Answer each question honestly; "not sure" is a real answer. The questions follow MHRA's 2025 advice for retailers.

Does it contain nicotine?Including synthetic nicotine. 0mg products sit outside the list.

Its ID is on the right published listGB list for GB customers, NI list for Northern Ireland, or the pre-2021 list

The listing matches the packSubmitter, brand sub-type and product type, not just the brand

Within the limits as soldTank 2ml or less, bottle 10ml or less, 20mg/ml or less, no tank extensions in the box

The pack carries the required labellingFront and back nicotine warning, ingredients, nicotine content, batch number

Child-resistant and tamper-evidentThe bottle or device packaging, as sold

The ID and check date are on the product recordSo the weekly re-check and the duty-stamp data use the same field

Answer for the line you picked.

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What publication doesn't prove

The MHRA list tells you a producer notified the product and MHRA published it. It doesn't tell you the box in your warehouse is compliant. MHRA's advice for retailers and producers is direct about this: publication doesn't guarantee UK labelling compliance, the retailer is responsible for the products it supplies, and notified products can still be found in breach. The traps it names:

Tanks over 2ml can't be supplied, even inside a notified kit. Parts that change tank size, such as plastic plugs, are treated as non-compliant.
Compliant products can't be packed with non-compliant accessories. Check what else is in the box.
Replacement parts that contain nicotine need their own notification, unless they're identical to a part already notified and the labelling makes clear which product they belong to.
Rebuildable devices need notification, and CBD can't be added to nicotine-containing refills.

The limits themselves, from MHRA's e-cigarette regulations guidance and its retailer sheet:

Rule	Limit or requirement
Tank capacity	2ml at most (when assembled, if it needs assembling)
Refill container	10ml at most of nicotine-containing liquid
Nicotine strength	20mg/ml at most
Packaging	Child-resistant and tamper-evident
On the pack	Ingredients, nicotine content and delivery per dose, batch number, keep-away-from-children advice
Health warning	"This product contains nicotine which is a highly addictive substance", black on white, front and back
Not allowed on the pack	Offers, discounts, safety or health claims
Leaflet	Required unless the pack carries use, storage, warnings and producer contact details

The sizes apply to what's sold to the end consumer, even if the buyer means to modify it later.

MHRA list check screen in a wholesaler's compliance system: eight product lines with notification ID, GB list status, tank or bottle size, nicotine strength and label check. Six lines can be sold, including a 0mg shortfill that needs no notification; one salt liquid found on the withdrawn list at the 12 October re-check is blocked with 96 units; one new pod kit not found on the list is on goods-in hold awaiting the supplier. A side panel shows the weekly re-check and the line's check log. — The notification ID, list status and weekly re-check held on each product record, so a withdrawn or unlisted line can't be ordered. Illustrative screen, sample data.

The list moves every week. Your stock file doesn't.

MHRA's retailer advice says the published lists are updated weekly. A check you did when you first bought a line tells you nothing about this week. For a wholesaler with hundreds of nicotine SKUs, the realistic routine is:

At goods-in for a new line: search by ECID, match the listing to the pack, save the ID and date.
On a regular cycle for existing lines: re-check the IDs you hold. Download the results and compare them with your product list, rather than searching one by one.
When something changes: a line missing from the GB list or showing on the withdrawn list stops being orderable until the supplier confirms its status in writing.
Keep the history: who checked, when, and what the list said. Where a product needs fixing, MHRA expects retailers and producers to take corrective action and be able to show evidence of it.

Who notifies is not usually your problem. MHRA treats anyone who manufactures, imports or re-brands a product as a producer, and producers notify; a wholesaler who only buys and sells doesn't. If you import or put your own brand on a line, read MHRA's advice for producers first and check with your supplier whether a UK notification already exists.

The notification check sits alongside the other product-level rules you now carry: single-use device rules, duty stamps, and the age-of-sale and promotion rules in the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026. All of them work better from one product record than from four spreadsheets.

What your system should do about it

What we'd build in, and what we'd ask any supplier of stock or portal software to show you:

A notification ID field on every nicotine SKU, with the list it was found on (GB, NI or pre-2021) and the date of the last check. A nicotine line can't go on sale with it blank.
A nicotine flag that drives the rules. 0mg lines skip the list check; nicotine lines can't.
Size and strength fields (tank ml, bottle ml, mg/ml) that refuse values over the limits.
A blocked status that stops ordering everywhere at once: portal, rep app and trade counter.
A check log on the product, exportable, so you can show Trading Standards what you checked and when.

We build trade ordering portals and stock systems to this shape. One we built covers sales and warehousing and is used every day by a UK wholesaler. The notification fields and weekly re-check are something we build to your process, and every build starts with a 20-minute walkthrough and a fixed quote, followed by a fit check, set-up and import, then training and close support. Our development team is in India. For the wider picture, see vape wholesale software for the UK.

Book a 20-minute walkthrough or send us your product list, and we'll show you how the check above would run on every nicotine SKU.

Sources

MHRA, E-cigarettes: regulations for consumer products (updated 16 August 2024)
MHRA, Advice for retailers and producers (updated 1 June 2025), including Advice for retailers of e-cigarettes and nicotine-containing e-liquids, 2025 update (May 2025)
MHRA, Advice for consumers (updated 18 June 2026)
MHRA, Advice for producers of e-cigarette and vape products
MHRA, Drug Safety Update: e-cigarette use or vaping (23 November 2023)
MHRA publication site, home page and FAQ
The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, Part 6 (SI 2016/507)

Last reviewed 14 October 2026. This guide summarises MHRA guidance for wholesalers. It isn't legal advice; for a specific product, ask your local Trading Standards service or MHRA.

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