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Expert Gives Delta-8 THC Thumbs Down

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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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Europe Raises THC Levels For Hemp Food Products In Major Breakthrough For Industry

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EUROPE’S decision to establish a new maximum level of THC in hemp food products will prompt a surge of investment, says the industry’s leading trade group. It will greatly help our members and all food business operators wishing to work with hemp seed derived products, such as hemp seed oil.”. mg/kg for hempseed oil.

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Ireland – Food Safety Authority Looking To Educate Retailers About CBD Products

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The Food Safety authority of Ireland (FSAI) has invited the owners and managers of small food businesses to attend a free webinar addressing the legalities of selling cannabidiol (CBD), a chemical compound found in cannabis.

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European Food Safety Authority Reports Says Eating Hemp Foods May Elevate Ingested THC Levels

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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has looked at THC levels in 12 different categories of hemp foods, including hemp oil, breads and teas. The January report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) looked at THC levels in 12 different categories of hemp foods, including hemp oil, breads and teas.

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India: Food Safety and Security Authority of India (FSSAI) Authorizes “hemp seeds, hemp seed oil and seed-based flour as food and food ingredients”

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The Food Safety and Security Authority of India (FSSAI) has given a green light to hemp seeds, hemp seed oil and seed-based flour as food and food ingredients , indicating the development of a huge market with some 1.4 Only hemp seeds from plants that have less than 0.3% billion consumers, reported Hemp Today. “The

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Europe proposes to raise limit levels for THC in food

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According to a report in French publication Newsweed this could be happening… The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in 2015 set the maximum daily dose of THC at 1?g g (microgram) per kilogram of body weight (bw) in food. mg per kg (ppm) of THC for hemp oil, we still think it doesn’t go far enough.

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Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issues recall notice on selection of food supplements in Ireland with unauthorised levels of THC in them.

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tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) were detected in certain batches of CBD” and they were being immediately recalled. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is psychoactive and is considered a narcotic. In Ireland, THC is controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977. The FSAI found that “unsafe Levels of delta?9?tetrahydrocannabinol

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