Search Results: Dario Sabaghi
Concerns arise as Italian study finds pesticides and metals in hemp flowers
Written by CBD-Intel || 29th October 2021 || Business briefing |
Another study, this time from Italy, has found potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals and pesticides in CBD products. Researchers were worried by the results and asked regulators and legislators to act ...
Italian cannabis referendum looks likely to go ahead despite teething troubles
Written by CBD-Intel || 27th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Italian campaigners believe they have done enough to secure a referendum on the legalisation of cannabis cultivation for personal use and the decriminalisation of possession ...
Italian company gains EU validation for synthetic CBD novel food application
Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th July 2021 || Business briefing |
The European Commission (EC) has validated a novel food application submitted by the Italian company Farmabios for a synthetic CBD. This is the first step to gaining novel food authorisation from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The...
Italian inter-ministerial decree ditched due to hemp association protests
Written by CBD-Intel || 25th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A new inter-ministerial decree that aimed to prohibit the use of cannabis leaves and flowers in extraction was withdrawn after protests from hemp associations ...
Italy issues its first licences to grow hemp and extract CBD for medical use
Written by CBD-Intel || 8th April 2021 || Business briefing |
Italy’s Ministry of Health and the Italian Medicine Agency (AIFA) have begun authorising Italian companies to manufacture hemp-derived CBD extracts for pharmaceutical purposes ...
Italian Customs Agency proposes taking hemp flower sales into its monopoly
Written by CBD-Intel || 17th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian Customs Agency is trying to widen its jurisdiction by proposing including the sale of CBD hemp flowers within the state monopoly. Others have similar ideas ...
Proposal put forward in yet another attempt to regulate the Italian CBD sector
Written by CBD-Intel || 27th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Italian legislators have put forward another proposal that has yet to be presented as an amendment to regulate the CBD sector and, in particular, the sale of flowers, finished products and extracts ...
Italian health ministry suspends its decree defining oral CBD as medication
Written by CBD-Intel || 6th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian Ministry of Health has suspended the recently published decree listing oral administration of CBD as a medicine under Italy’s Narcotics Law ...
Italian vape stores prohibited from selling CBD products
Written by CBD-Intel || 26th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Italian vape stores will not be able to sell CBD products following the publication of a circular ...
Ministerial decree causes further confusion for the Italian market
Written by CBD-Intel || 22nd October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A ministerial decree listing oral administration of CBD as a medicine under Italy’s Narcotics Law is meant to clear the way for the introduction of Epidyolex into the market, not to prevent consumer wellness products being sold...
CBD ads spring up at Serie A football grounds as Italy takes to home delivery
Written by CBD-Intel || 13th October 2020 || Business briefing |
Matches in Serie A, the top football league in Italy, are for the first time featuring advertisements for a CBD company as the home delivery market continues to grow rapidly in the country ...
Agriculture ministry decree may allow extraction from hemp flowers in Italy
Written by CBD-Intel || 1st October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian Ministry of Agriculture has issued a ministerial decree listing hemp flowers in the catalogue of officinal plants, which forms part of the country’s medicinal and aromatic plants legislation ...
Italian tobacconists lobby for a monopoly on the sale of CBD flowers
Written by CBD-Intel || 20th August 2020 || Business briefing |
A group of tobacco retailers have written to the Italian Tobacconists Federation (FIT) asking it to push for a state monopoly on the sale of CBD flowers ...
A list of regional Italian proposals for hemp regulation and promotion
Written by CBD-Intel || 6th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Italian regions are trying to boost the hemp-supply chain through proposed regional rules, funding projects and developing circular economy strategies to make up for the lack of clarifying action at the national level ...
Who can bring clarity to Italian CBD regulation? Another bid bites the dust
Written by CBD-Intel || 13th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Yet another attempt to bring clear regulation to the Italian CBD market has been rejected, apparently for political reasons ...
CBD and cannabis legislation back on the Italian political agenda
Written by CBD-Intel || 2nd July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has revived moves to regulate Italy’s CBD market ...
Survey reveals hemp flower usage blossoming in Italy under lockdown
Written by CBD-Intel || 30th June 2020 || Business briefing |
Consumption of hemp flowers in Italy went up during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, despite their sale being illegal in the country, a survey has revealed ...
Court ruling piles further restriction and confusion on Italy’s CBD market
Written by CBD-Intel || 25th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A further decision by a top Italian court has in practice increased the restrictions on the hemp/CBD market in the country ...
Italians turning to CBD in place of prescription drugs, research suggests
Written by CBD-Intel || 22nd June 2020 || Business briefing |
The use of CBD-based products has reduced the consumption of prescription drugs in Italy, according to a discussion paper from an international economics think-tank ...
Italian prosecutors get tough, closing down leading CBD firm pending trial
Written by CBD-Intel || 8th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The public prosecutor's office in Parma has suspended all commercial operations of Italy’s leading CBD company, EasyJoint, pending trial on narcotics charges ...
Italian prohibitionist draft bill unlikely to find approval
Written by CBD-Intel || 17th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A proposal to regulate hemp in Italy through increasing restrictions has not got any closer to becoming a law ...
Italy lays down limits for THC in edibles, but no mention of CBD
Written by CBD-Intel || 6th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A decree approved by Italy’s Ministry of Health has established firm limits for allowed levels of THC in edibles ...
Italian amendment to regulate ‘light cannabis’ is thrown out once more
Written by CBD-Intel || 5th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Constitutional Affairs and Budget committees of Italy’s lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, have rejected an amendment to regulate the sale of hemp or “cannabis light” products ...
Italian Senate president unilaterally denies hemp regulation amendment
Written by CBD-Intel || 19th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The proposal to regulate and tax low-THC hemp varieties of cannabis has been removed from the budget bill and declared inadmissible by the president of the Italian senate ...
Italy’s Five Star party proposes new tax regulation on hemp products
Written by CBD-Intel || 3rd December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Two amendments to regulate the sale of hemp products have been put forward by Italy’s Five Star party, including a tax on hemp-related items ...
Italian government urged to take action on hemp regulation
Written by CBD-Intel || 2nd December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian government has been urged to take action on regulating hemp and derived products, in a resolution adopted by the Agricultural Commission of the Italian House of Representatives ...
Hemp extraction proposal falls short of solving Italian regulation chaos
Written by CBD-Intel || 4th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A proposal to regulate the sale of hemp biomass in Italy has been put before the Agriculture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, but members of the industry fear it does not go far enough in allowing use...
Italians sell CBD flowers as ‘animal feed’ to avoid confused enforcement
Written by CBD-Intel || 21st August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Some Italian companies have begun to register CBD hemp flower products as animal feed in an attempt to avoid regulatory confusion and uneven enforcement in the country ...
Italy’s Supreme Court explanation leaves ‘psychotropic effect’ unclear
Written by CBD-Intel || 18th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Italy’s Supreme Court has published the reasoning behind its ruling that cannabis products are illegal except for those without psychotropic effects – without adding any clarity ...
Italian supreme court bans sale of low-THC cannabis products
Written by CBD-Intel || 4th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Italy’s Supreme Court has banned the sale of cannabis products with a THC level below 0.6%, though a further court decision is still...
Salvini’s bid to close down Italy’s CBD trade appears to be an empty threat
Written by CBD-Intel || 16th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian CBD market should not be severely curtailed despite deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s threat to destroy the legal cannabis industry ...
CBD foods can’t be made in Italy, health ministry confirms
Written by CBD-Intel || 18th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The production of foods containing cannabinoids is not permitted in Italy, the country’s health ministry has confirmed to CBD-Intel ...