European CBD Applications Will Require ‘Complicated And Huge’ Human Studies, Admit EFSA July 5, 2022 Ben Stevens Europe 0 Comments FOLLOWING the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) controversial decision to ‘stop the clock’ on all CBD novel food applications last month, the regulator addressed the industry in a virtual public forum last week. In what EFSA referred to as an… Read More→
EFSA ‘Stopping The Clock’ On EU CBD Novel Foods Applications, But Doubts Remain Over Decision’s Impact In UK June 13, 2022 Ben Stevens United Kingdom 0 Comments THE European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) issued a statement last week announcing that its scientists ‘cannot currently establish the safety of cannabidiol (CBD) as a novel food’. EFSA said they were effectively ‘stopping the clock’ on the 19 European novel… Read More→
CBD Industry Welcomes FSA’s Public List As ‘Milestone Moment’ Bringing Much Needed ‘Clarity’ To Sector – But Questions Remain Over Its Handling Of The Process April 4, 2022 Ben Stevens Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal, United Kingdom 0 Comments LAST week saw the highly anticipated publication of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) Public List, including 3536 CBD products which will now legally be allowed to remain on sale in the UK. Although no products are expected to be fully… Read More→
CBD Industry’s Anger At ‘Unprofessional Approach’ Of Regulators To Novel Food Process February 15, 2022 Peter McCusker United Kingdom 0 Comments AS Brains Bioceutical becomes the latest company to make it on to the Public List of Validated Novel Food CBD applicants, sections of the industry are becoming increasingly unsettled by the ‘unprofessional’ approach of the Food Standards Agency (FSA). In… Read More→
Over 100 CBD Businesses Given April 1 Deadline By Leading UK Payment Firm March 31, 2021 Peter McCusker Europe, United Kingdom 0 Comments THIRD party enforcement of the new UK Novel Food rules is imminent after one of the industry’s leading payment providers said it would no longer serve non-compliant CBD sellers. Worldnet Payments, which is understood to provide merchant services to over… Read More→
Human Trial Showing CBD Safe A Boost For Industry In Battles With Regulators March 26, 2021 Peter McCusker Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News 0 Comments RESULTS from a major US trial over 800 people over the past seven months found CBD use has zero impact on the liver. In March, last year the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested specific data on liver toxicity… Read More→
The Three Routes To UK CBD Novel Food Authorisation And The Data Complexities Surrounding Validation March 16, 2021 Peter McCusker United Kingdom 0 Comments BUSINESSCANN recently reported the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) had received over 400 CBD Novel Food applications from bulk ingredient suppliers. Over one-third of these had seen their applications fail to pass the initial Administrative stage, significantly reducing their chances… Read More→
UK CBD Regulators Under Fire After Last Minute Change To Novel Food Rules March 15, 2021 Peter McCusker United Kingdom 0 Comments UK CBD regulator the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has changed its approach to Novel Food compliance – just weeks before its deadline as it struggles to cope with the number of applications. In February last year the FSA told the… Read More→