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How to Market CBD Products in the Sea of Uncertainty

August 27, 2018 by Celeste Miranda Leave a Comment

There is a lot going on with the CDPH, FDA and anyone else who can burst a bubble about CBD.

These “regulations” (term used very lightly) must be necessarily met in order to function properly as well as legally.

What are these regulations and how can a CBD vendor become compliant?

What is FDA and how does it function?

It is a body that regulates food and drug administration. It keeps a check on the nutrient values of food as well as the beneficial effects and the adverse effects of a particular food or drug on the human health.

The three claims that are defined by the FDA regulations include; health claims, nutrient claims and structure/function claims.

What health claims can be used to make CBD manufacturers FDA compliant?

Health claims correlate the relationship between a drug and the effects and risks it poses on the health condition of a person.

The 3 ways in which FDA determines which health claims can be used on drug labels include;

  1. NLEA: 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act
  2. FDAMA: 1997 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act
  3. Interim procedures for Qualified health claims in the labeling of Conventional human food and human dietary supplements

In the above-mentioned acts, the FDA basically allows a product (food, drug or dietary supplement) to be legal in the market after reviewing and evaluating it thoroughly to know that it doesn’t pose any risks to health.

These acts are carried after a health claim petition or on the self-initiative basis. If the FDA doesn’t approve of a supplement it issues an authorizing regulation.

If it approves, after collecting evidence supporting the health claim, then the agency issues a letter of enforcement discretion.

Examples of health claims that FDA regulates;

  • Optimum levels of calcium throughout life can reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
  • CBD may reduce chronic pain.
  • In the case of CBD, a health claim petition can be made that states something like “CBD reduces the intensity of Opiate withdrawal symptoms”.

Now since the scientific evidence is low, the FDA is responsible for finding credible evidence that supports the claim. If FDA finds the evidence, then it can issue a letter that outlines the circumstances under which it is intending to consider the employment of enforcement discretion for utilization of the claim in food labeling.

What type of structure/function claims can be used by CBD Manufacturers to make it FDA Compliant?

These claims describe the role of a supplement intended to affect the normal function and structure of the human body.

In CBD’s case; CBD enhances cognition. FDA regulates dietary supplements under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA)

According to the act manufacturers and distributors are not allowed to market a product that is adulterated or mis-branded and FDA can take action against such distributors if adulterated products reach the market.

Keeping this in mind, in many parts of the world, CBD isn’t sold legally and thus a black market is rising by the day.

This also means that the CBD vendors can adulterate CBD and sell it at higher prices.

What should a CBD label contain?

  1. Product information.
  2. Information for consumers: tips for CBD users.
  3. Information for the industry.
  4. Reporting of an adverse event: report of a complaint, concern or problem-related to CBD; linking consumer with manufacturer or distributor.
  5. New dietary ingredients notification process.

What are the Dos for a CBD vendor?

  • Do utilize cosmetic claims (“beautifies”, “improves”)
  • Do refer to emotions (“decreases irritability”)
  • Do use words like “wellness”, “supports”, “maintains”.
  • Do refer to general body parts including systems.
  • Do use qualifiers like “mild”, “occasional” to differentiate a temporary condition from the symptoms of the disease.
  • Do use FDA disclaimer but only with structure/function claims.
    • “These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.”
    • “This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease.”

What are the Don’ts for a CBD vendor?

  • Don’t use words like “treat”, “cures”, “repairs”, “acute”, “disease”, “chronic”.
  • Don’t mention diseases like cancer, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis.
  • Don’t refer to symptoms like fever, coughing, sneezing.
  • Don’t use disease claims.
  • Don’t recommend any product to augment another drug.
  • Don’t recommend a product as a substitution for another drug.

How to qualify for FDA compliance via labeling?

  • Use labeling on the appropriate places on containers and packages i.e. front label panel or the PDP (the portion of the package label that is most likely observed by the consumer at the time of purchase)
  • The label should contain a statement of identity, the name of the product, net quantity.
  • Use a type or print size that is prominent and easy to the road.

Food label must contain the name and address of manufacturer, packer as well asdistributor.
Street address of the manufacturer and the city, state, and the ZIP code should also be there.

Examples of disease claims that can be converted to structure/function claims:

  1. Prevents diarrhea – Improves the gastrointestinal health by reducing motility.
  2. Fights symptoms like flu and cold – CBD boosts the immune system.
  3. Fights insomnia – CBD offers relief for sleeping disorders.
  4. Used for arthritis – Used for joint and muscle aches.
  5. Reduces stress – Evokes a sense of calmness ensued by relaxation.
  6. Helps in decreasing obesity – Helps in weight loss plan.
  7. Reduced symptoms of ADHD – CBD enhances focus and increases attention span.
  8. Reduces symptoms of osteoporosis – CBD helps in increasing bone health.
  9. For chronic fatigue – CBD improves daytime mental alertness at mild doses.
  10. Relieves headaches – CBD reduces head and neck tension.

Using the above-mentioned tips CBD can become FDA compliant. This will benefit all users as there will be proper check and balance and there won’t be any adulteration of CBD and its products that usually happen when it is sold in black.

 

 

Filed Under: Advertising, Marketing, PR & Research, Hemp Industry News Tagged With: CBD, cbd compliance, cbd fda, cbd marketing, CBD Oil, cbd rules, cbdology, Celeste Miranda

About Celeste Miranda

Dedicated to what she does and successful in her savvy business-minded ventures, Celeste Miranda is an entrepreneur, author, founder and CEO of Miranda Marketing Labs and The Cannabis Marketing Lab. Undertaking the critical challenges of marketing an emerging industry, Miranda opened a specialized division focused on providing businesses with innovative and affordable marketing strategies. Since then, The Cannabis Marketing Lab has become a highly regarded organization in Cannabis related ventures. Comprised of a 16 person team, Celeste’s staff has years of experience and expertise in a myriad of areas such as Social Media, Search Engine Optimization, Graphic & Web Design, Creative Content Production, Advertising, PR and much more. Celeste can be reached at [email protected]

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