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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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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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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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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 respect of the use 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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The History of Cannabis in Medicine

Cannabis Law Report

Cannabis contains three species: Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis Hybrid. Back then, hemp, a species of the cannabis sativa plant, was cultivated as an agricultural crop and reaped for its oils, fiber used fiber for ropes and clothes, and high-protein seeds. The history of cannabis in medicine.

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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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