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Congress's audit wing just put a number on FDA's pouch backlog: 132,000 products, 3.5 years and countingA new GAO audit found 131,915 tobacco product applications still waiting for a final FDA decision at the end of 2025 — pending applications had waited an average of 1,266 days against a 180-day statutory goal. It also confirms FDA's nicotine pouch pilot is now the template for how other categories get reviewed.