| Description: | AVM was created soon after the Sept.9, 2020 deadline for PMTA submission. Founders (and current AVM officers) Amanda Wheeler and Char Owen are small vape business owners who were looking for ways to simplify the complex PMTA processes for themselves and other small companies. Owen built a Facebook group that essentially served as a PMTA factory, standardizing most paperwork submissions and allowing even the smallest manufacturers to submit an acceptable bare-bones application. More than 200 used her system to submit applications. The organization currently has 83 members—a significant chunk of the approximately 500 small manufacturers that remain in the hunt for PMTA approval. According to AVM president Amanda Wheeler, others are planning to join soon. A huge selling point for AVM will be the availability to members of the organization’s low-cost HPHC testing. |
