Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

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. Generally, it takes 3 years for an ingredient to gain novel food status.

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MJ Business Attorneys

APRIL 29, 2019

There is no data showing that there are pervasive health or safety issues in the cannabis industry. Currently, state and local employees, teachers, and food and commercial workers, among others, are unionized industries in Colorado. In Colorado, forced unionization is not allowed.

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CannaMD

APRIL 20, 2021

To review The Botanist’s COVID-19 delivery/pick-up and safety policies, please see: Florida Dispensaries: Coronavirus Policies. To review Columbia Care’s COVID-19 delivery/pick-up and safety policies, please see: Florida Dispensaries: Coronavirus Policies. Columbia Care. Buy 4 get 2 free. The Flowery.

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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Indeed, on February 18, 2020, the United States Department of Transportation published a bulletin addressing “ DOT Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance Notice ,” which follows previous notices it had released regarding its position on medical marijuana. In the new notice, DOT states: The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, Pub.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced on November 25 the issuance of 15 warning letters to various companies for illegally selling products containing CBD. In addition to the letters, the FDA published a revised Consumer Update detailing safety concerns about CBD products more broadly.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 21, 2019

Under a new policy announced by the Northam Administration, the Commonwealth of Virginia will soon officially authorize hemp processors to produce hemp extracts for human consumption. VDACS will soon issue, through its food safety program, rules for hemp processors to follow when producing hemp extracts. Authored By: Samuel B.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

MAY 1, 2024

The decisions come five long years after the European Commission decided CBD products were to be considered as novel foods. This FSA Scientific Committee endorsement indicates that the companies successfully fulfilled the rigorous safety criteria necessary to progress to the final stage of the Novel Food Licensing process.

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Veriheal

MAY 16, 2025

According to Beau Kilmer, a cannabis market authority from the Rand Drug Policy Research Center, in an interview with NPR , When you move from prohibition to legalization, it takes time [to lower prices]. For others working in cultivation and processing facilities, safety and health issues, along with long hours, often plague them.

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Project CBD

JANUARY 31, 2023

26, the FDA issued a CBD policy statement that reaffirmed its longstanding unwillingness or inability to regulate nonpharmaceutical CBD products. Perhaps a more incisive title would be: “FDA Concludes that Existing Regulatory Frameworks for Foods and Supplements are Not Appropriate.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 6, 2022

(TSX: CWEB) (OTCQX: CWBHF)’s CBD products have now been validated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the United Kingdom. On Monday, the Denver-based, vertically-integrated company said its full-spectrum hemp extract has passed the validation phase and moved into the safety assessment phase of the Novel Foods application process.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Back in March, former Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Commission, Scott Gottlieb, explained it would take several years for the agency to come up with rules that would legalize the use of hemp-derived cannabidiol (Hemp-CBD) in food products, unless Congress stepped in. Overall, both of these effort by U.S.

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Project CBD

JULY 28, 2023

Scialdone is currently founder and president of BetterChem Consulting , which provides consulting services worldwide in the chemical, food, plant essential oil, and cannabis industries. with unknown pharmacological and safety profiles.” Dr. Mark A.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 8, 2022

01 Jul 2022 — The UK’s Food and Standard Agency (FSA) has reached a “milestone” after authorizing almost 12,000 cannabinoid (CBD) products to its public list of items that can be marketed in England and Wales. It is an indication that the UK is moving faster than the EU and US at advancing safety regulation.”.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As you already know if you follow our blog, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has taken the position that CBD-infused foods and dietary supplements cannot be lawfully sold or marketed in the United States. This was music to my ears! Other states, like Idaho , strictly prohibit the production and/or sale of any such products.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

However, in the same FAQ’s, the TTB explained that before it approves a formulation, it consults with the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to determine whether a hemp ingredient is safe for consumption and whether its use is lawful under the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (“FD&CA”).

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FloridaMarijuana.net

JULY 8, 2018

According to the MAPS website they are “working to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of smoked botanical marijuana as a prescription medicine for specific medical uses to the satisfaction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. veterans.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 23, 2022

Hemp Roundtable sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf requesting the immediate issue of an enforcement discretion policy for dietary supplements containing hemp-derived CBD and other cannabinoids. Today, the U.S. Read the letter here. We’re going to have to come up with something new. I’m very committed to doing that.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

The purpose of SB 5372 is to allow Washington hemp companies to sell ingestible hemp products, like hemp-CBD, in other states that require certain safety standards. The FDA has long maintained that hemp extract (setting aside hemp seed products) is not an approved food ingredient. Is there anything else I should know about SB 5372?

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). With hemp already federally legal, a primary policy issue is how marijuana and hemp—two varieties of the cannabis plant—would be distinguished under a federal regulatory regime. Distinction between Cannabis and Hemp Under the CAOA.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 23, 2020

Definition of maximum levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in food.(20A00016). European Union legislation and policies "; Having regard to Regulation (EEC) no. contaminants in food; Having regard to Regulation (EC) no. general requirements of food law establishes. food safety; Having regard to Regulation (EC) no.

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Project CBD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Under section 201(ff)(3)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act — in what some refer to as the “drug preclusion clause” 4 — any substance that is an active ingredient in an approved drug product, or that is being publicly investigated as such, is excluded from the definition of a legal dietary supplement ingredient. 2021;56:530-543.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) continues to drag its feet in forging a clear path for the sale and marketing of hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) products, foreign agencies and industry players are leading the way by adopting their own sets of regulations. While the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 20, 2019

CCIA Policy Conference What’s Missing? – On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, the California Cannabis Industry Association (“CCIA”) will host its 4th Annual Policy Conference in Sacramento, California. 2019 Policy Development & Legislation , moderated by Amy Jenkins, CCIA.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 25, 2019

The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) seems to be listening. For the past six months, the federal agency has been bombarded with messages, urging the FDA to promptly develop a regulatory pathway for the lawful use of hemp-derived CBD (“Hemp-CBD”) in foods and dietary supplements.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 23, 2022

Rootwurks”), an e-learning, training, and compliance management platform solution designed by the former founder of an industry-leading food compliance and training company, has launched to help cannabis companies maintain regulatory compliance through interactive education and a user-friendly operational toolkit. Read more at .

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SpeedWeed

JULY 6, 2021

Harvard Law School is planning to open the first US policy center focused on the legalization and regulation of psychedelics like psilocybin, MDMA, and LSD. . Harvard’s new center will be the first to focus solely on psychedelics policy and laws rather than research, though. View original article.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2019

The agency hopes that the comments received during the public hearing will assist the recently formed “ high-level internal agency working group ” in exploring potential pathways for dietary supplements and/or conventional foods infused with CBD to be lawfully marketed.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 2, 2022

UK Food Standards Agency will now proceed through the safety evaluation process. ” Novel Foods. Novel Foods are ingredients which have not been widely consumed by people in the UK or European Union (EU) before May 1997. This status allows Charlotte’s Web to continue selling its products in the U.K.

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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

A bill to allow possession and home cultivation cleared the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. And the big story in Maine this week is that the state Office of Marijuana Policy is recommending that trade secrets be kept out of the public record. A bill that would permit sales is moving through the legislature now.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

In Part 1 of this two-part series we discussed the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board’s (“LCB”) proposed rules stemming from SB 5318, which passed last year and forced the LCB to transition from an enforcement-first policy to a compliance-first policy when handling violations. Category II. Category III.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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Sensi Seeds

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

There are further laws, some of which apply to the presentation and sale of cannabis products, in particular, CBD oil for human consumption as a food supplement, but they’ve been overlooked until now. Irrespective of where the directive came from, policy on CBD has changed. Rumors, Statements and Raids ??

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

This morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed report language that would require the FDA to, within 4 months, issue a formal enforcement policy on the sale of hemp CBD products. If passed, this legislation would give some legal protection for CBD companies marketing food and supplements.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 11, 2021

HempFusion is a leading health and wellness CBD company utilizing the power of whole-food hemp nutrition. HempFusion’s CBD products are based on a proprietary Whole Food Hemp Complex™ and are available in-store or by visiting HempFusion online at www.hempfusion.com or www.probulin.com.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 23, 2021

The 2018 Farm Bill did not change anything with respect to animal food. Hemp or any derivatives remain Unapproved Ingredients for use in animal food of any kind or any species. New animal drugs, as well as new animal food products, are subject to pre-market approval for specific species.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The view that national cannabis policy should be guided by federalism — leaving regulation to the states — has been echoed by many in the industry, including Canopy Growth Corporation, the U.S.

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Veriheal

JUNE 30, 2023

A study investigated psilocybin’s effect on alcohol addiction, the FDA outlined best practices for future psychedelic research, and the NCAA is inching toward cannabis policy change. The document also addresses study participant safety emphasizing how psychedelics’ psychoactive effects increase the potential for abuse.

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