The long and arduous journey to regulate cannabidiol (CBD) in Europe, which began in 2018 with the European Union’s classification of CBD as a ‘novel food’, is now playing out in the courtrooms of the United States.
THE head of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) says it is now only a matter of weeks before it publishes further details on the CBD products and companies which will be allowed to remain on the UK market.
ATTEMPTS by the UK food quango to regulate the country’s vibrant CBD market continue to flounder leaving many in the industry ‘frustrated’.
LATEST figures for the UK Food Standards Agency show an increasing number of applications failing to make it through the first stage of the CBD Novel Food process.
LATEST figures from the Food Standards Agency on the progress of applications for CBD products to be included in the UK Novel Food catalogue will make worrying reading for many in the industry.
