The recent raft of warning letters to brands selling CBD-infused foods and beverages marked a shift in FDA approaches to the ingredient, with the agency seeming to opine that food and beverages are “somehow a greater risk than supplements.”
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Beyond Pesticides filed another lawsuit against a company alleged to be mislabeling CBD products as organic.
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A bill put forward by Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to decriminalize marijuana includes language on CBD that has been welcomed by supplement industry stakeholders.
Read Article A good overview of the current market situation and legal uncertainty surrounding CBD supplements and food.
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With the USDA failing to take action, Beyond Pesticides and its investigative arm, OrganicEye, have filed a lawsuit against two companies that market CBD products identified with false or misleading organic status claims.
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Industry experts attribute the drop to much fewer impulse purchases and a slowdown in sales at convenience stores.
Read Article A group of hemp/CBD purveyors have teamed up with a clinical research firm to conduct a large scale study to provide the safety data that the FDA says it lacks.
Read Article Brightfield Group predicts that one key segment of the CBD market will drive sales in the months ahead.
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Many more hemp CBD brands have now received “A” scores.
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With the FDA’s new CBD report, hemp industry watchers are concluding that the only way to compel a state of regulatory certainty is to get Congress to mandate action.
Read Article The Consumer Brands Association (formerly known as the Grocery Manufacturers Association) has launched an advisory board to provide “thought leadership and strategic oversight for the industry as it moves forward in seeking appropriate regulation of CBD.”
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