Changes at the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) have helped to move the process of CBD as a novel ingestible ingredient along to the point where a successful full approval can be expected soon
The Lebanese government is looking for an economic boost and believes that cannabis can provide just that by unlocking the potential of hemp and medical cannabis
A product from a CBD company has again been called out by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for allegedly making unsubstantiated health and nutrition claims, but this time the claims were not about CBD
Italy’s Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has dismissed an appeal challenging the Ministry of Health’s decree to classify oral CBD products as narcotics
The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has drawn a clear line on CBD’s medical claims. Meanwhile, the Food Standards Agency has softened its stance on allowable levels of THC in food
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Permitted THC levels in CBD products in the UK will be below Home Office drug law levels, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), though a specific amount has not been announced
This report offers a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in Spain for hemp, CBD and other cannabinoids, as well medical and recreational cannabis
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) board met on 11th December to discuss a recent report on progress towards approval of an ingestible CBD product in the country
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Some fear healthcare and food safety will not be among the main concerns of the next European Commission after the Commission president unveiled the new commissioners’ respective tasks
Clinical trials on CBD-based medical drug Epidiolex missed their main goal of registering a significant reduction in the frequency of seizures experienced by patients in Japan, based on the results reported by manufacturer Jazz Pharmaceuticals
After a few back-and-forths, Italian authorities may actually kill the country’s CBD sector by simply passing a minor amendment to a major soon-to-be-approved bill, banning hemp flower and its extracts regardless of their THC content
In June 2022, the European Food Safety Authority broke some very bad news to CBD companies applying for their products to be authorised as novel food in the European Union
UK-based CBD brands Cannaray and Pureis are the first to obtain a positive safety assessment from the Food and Standards Agency (FSA) Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
This report offers a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in Ukraine for hemp, cannabis and CBD, as well as other cannabinoids