Checked out AEMSA, I guess I see what they're trying to do, but does it even matter? As far as I can tell they want to be the organization that sets the standard for e-liquid manufacturers when things start having to be regulated. Then i saw this and started laughing:
Application fee: $500 due at acceptance of application (nonrefundable)
Monthly Dues: $758
$1500 per initial scheduled inspection
Monthly dues of $758? Did someone just smack their numberpad for that number? Does anyone actually pay attention to these people, or should I even care that they exist?
vaporchef feels it's a scam- it was an active thread last month I believe.
I can foresee them selling themselves as a lobbying or political action group- the NRA charges dues and puts that money to good use, brib- I mean, lobbying for their interests. I just don't believe the group as it is, would do so, or do so effectively. If CASAA expanded their lobbying and requested funding- they might earn my $
I saw this too when I first started making my juices to sell. I follow the guidelines they've established but can't afford the fees they want. It looks as if they are forming this organization to make the barrier to entry exponentially more expensive and to keep competition down. This keeps random people from distributing e juices that could be contaminated, but also hurts small batch crafters like myself. All in all it's nice to have expected standards but it's unreasonable to charge such high cost.
agreed. it's not hard to not contaminate juice either. i mix by weight and each flavor has it's own dropper. all it does is provide a sense of security and extra cost to customers.
I believe when he mentioned "contamination" he was not talking about cross contaminating flavors but contamination by dirt, i.e. dust particles, pet dander, dry skin, hard water, etc... If you cross contaminate flavors, so what? You're product tastes bad, you lose sales; if you contaminate with dirt or foreign substances other than the ones intended for e-juice, it might not make the product taste bad, but it could negatively affect the user (although this point has yet to be proven).