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European CBD Sales: Securing a Novel Food Authorization

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Last year, the European Union reclassified extracts of Cannabis sativa L. and derived products containing cannabinoids, including CBD , as a “Novel Food” under the EU Novel Food Catalogue. It’s worth pointing out that the Novel Food Application process is time consuming and expensive. Phase 2 – Safety Assessment.

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The Plant, the Whole Plant & Nothing But the Plant

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” Seeds of Health In traditional Chinese medicine, protein-rich cannabis seeds figured prominently both as a food source and a remedy — apparently more so than resinous cannabis flower tops. .” 1 When consumed in excess, however, “it may make one behold ghosts and frenetically run about.”

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Exporting CBD Food Just Got Harder: The European Union Makes a Move

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The United States is not the only international actor, however, that is concerned with regulating the sale of CBD products, including CBD-infused foods. The European Food Safety Authority (“ EFSA ”), the European equivalent of the U.S. extracts of Cannabis sativa L. extracts of Cannabis sativa L.

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Guest Post – Europe: How The Novel Food Authorisation Is Affecting the CBD Oil Industry

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It was announced in January 2019 that the European Food Safety Association, EFSA is about to make a decision in order to classify CBD oil and other CBD products as a novel food. This decision was announced at the Novel Food Commission meeting which was held in Brussels in 2016. Should not have a bad influence to the consumers.

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Austria: Cannabidiol In Food And Cosmetics

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The marketing of cannabidiol (CBD) extracts as food supplements is a relatively new trend and CBD is increasingly common in the food and beverage sector (e.g., The ministry therefore considers a marketing of food products containing CBD as not permitted. in sweets, cakes and beer).

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Spain’s Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) Follows EIHA’s Lead

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The Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) has struck a blow against hemp food producers in their ongoing efforts to clear a path for hemp extracts in food across Europe. That way of thinking makes extracts, derived from the hemp plant’s leaves and flowers, a “novel” food under EU rules.

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Largest Human Trial To Date Will Review Safety Of Full Spectrum Hemp Products

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As is the case in the United States, Europe lacks sufficiently reliable scientific data to support the safety of products infused with full spectrum hemp extract. In January 2019, the European Union (EU) reclassified extracts of cannabis sativa L. Read the entire article at The Fresh Toast.

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