FDA warning letter · Medical Devices

Captain's Cloth LLC

Issued · Posted by FDA

FDA published a close-out letter on Oct 7, 2021. The passages below are from the original warning letter.

Selected passages from the FDA letter

Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.

Passage 1

Accordingly, this product is adulterated under section 501(f)(1)(B) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 351(f)(1)(B), because your firm does not have an approved application for premarket approval (PMA) in effect pursuant to section 515(a) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360e(a), or an approved application for an investigational device exemption (IDE) under section 520(g) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360j(g).

Passage 2

This product is also misbranded under section 502(o) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 352(o), because your firm did not notify the agency of its intent to introduce the devices into commercial distribution, as required by section 510(k) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360(k).

Passage 3

In addition, the KN95 Face Mask is also misbranded under section 502(a) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 352(a), because its labeling is false or misleading. Specifically, your websites contain false or misleading representations, including but not limited to: - Representations that the KN95 Face Masks “have an active status with the FDA…” [https://captainscloth.com/products/kn95-face-masks-5-pack] - Unauthorized display of what appears to be FDA’s logo***1*** on the front and back of the product’s labeling [https://captainscloth.com/products/kn95-face-masks-5-pack]