British watchdog warns: foods containing CBD are illegal in UK

Written by CBD-Intel || 22nd January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

United Kingdom

Food

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reiterated the country’s ban on foods containing CBD and warned that CBD-containing food, drink and dietary supplements currently on the market are illegal ...

US banks can do business with hemp firms (unless they get suspicious)

Written by CBD-Intel || 20th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

US federal regulation

Regulatory briefing

Federal banking regulators have issued guidance clarifying the legal status of banks doing business with hemp firms, permitting it as long as they follow and comply with the relevant requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act ...

Clearer US regulation could follow a coming boom in CBD litigation

Written by CBD-Intel || 27th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

US federal regulation

Regulatory briefing

Expect to see more CBD-related lawsuits from individual US consumers over the next year – and increased litigation could help to speed up regulatory clarification ...

UK pharmacists plead: What CBD products are we allowed to sell?

Written by CBD-Intel || 24th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

United Kingdom

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The trade body representing independent pharmacists in the UK says official government guidance about CBD is unclear and has asked for advice on what its members can and cannot stock on their shelves ...

Italian Senate president unilaterally denies hemp regulation amendment

Written by CBD-Intel || 19th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Italy

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 ...

Calls for new regulation after ‘vape-related’ death of Belgian teenager

Written by CBD-Intel || 19th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Belgium

EU

Europe

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Vapour/Smokable

Regulatory briefing

Regulation in Belgium and possibly across Europe may change as a result of the link being made between CBD vaping and a teenager’s death – though that link has not been verified ...

Brazil takes a major step towards liberalisation of the hemp industry

Written by Marija Obradovic || 19th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Brazil

South America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Brazil has granted industrial hemp cultivation and processing authorisation to a company in a move that may be viewed as a major step towards liberalisation of the hemp and cannabinoid sector in the country ...

Two CBD products approved under Irish medical cannabis programme

Written by CBD-Intel || 17th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Ireland

Companies

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Irish government has given approval to two CBD-based medicines as it starts its medical cannabis programme ...

Is Austria losing enthusiasm for the enforcement of novel food rules?

Written by CBD-Intel || 16th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Austria

EU

Europe

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Confusion surrounds the sale of CBD food products in Austria – but that has not stopped some companies that have previously run into trouble with the authorities from reintroducing items into the market ...

Italy’s Five Star party proposes new tax regulation on hemp products

Written by CBD-Intel || 3rd December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Italy

Regulation and Legislation

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 ...

Mexico wrestles with proposals over legalisation of cannabis

Written by CBD-Intel || 2nd December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Mexico

North America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Mexico is getting closer to approving new legislation that will legalise cannabis; however, the question of whether CBD products should also be legalised is splitting opinions within the ruling party ...

Italian government urged to take action on hemp regulation

Written by CBD-Intel || 2nd December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Italy

Regulation and Legislation

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 ...

Law criminalising the use of cannabis challenged in Indian court

Written by CBD-Intel || 29th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

India

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

An Indian court is getting ready to hear a petition challenging the constitutionality of a law prohibiting and criminalising the use of cannabis. India has a long history of usage of cannabis, yet the plant is classified as...

Quebec monopoly calls temporary halt to sales of cannabis vaping devices

Written by CBD-Intel || 27th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Regulation and Legislation

US federal regulation

Regulatory briefing

Cannabis-based vaping products won’t be legally available in Canada’s second-largest province “for the time being” after the Quebec government-owned cannabis monopoly decided to keep them off the shelves ...

FDA cracks down again on health claims, but seems receptive to CBD

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

United States

Health

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

Scrutiny of the CBD market appears to be growing at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which this week reprimanded a further 15 companies for selling CBD products as drugs and also updated its advice to consumers...

Inclusion of cannabis leaf extract in EU cosmetics database ‘a milestone’

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 25th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

EU regulation

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The inclusion of some new cannabis-related entries in the CosIng catalogue will facilitate the placement of cannabis-containing cosmetics in the EU market – provided all other rules, such as limits on THC, are respected ...

US federal spending package to provide funding for research and enforcement

Written by CBD-Intel || 18th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Kentucky

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

US federal regulation

Regulatory briefing

A "minibus spending package" in the US Senate will provide hemp stakeholders with protection as well as funding for further work by federal institutions in the sector ...

CBD vaping will not be allowed under Massachusetts ban exemption

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Massachusetts

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Vapour/Smokable

Regulatory briefing

CBD vaping will not be permitted under an exemption from cannabis regulators to the vaping ban brought in by the Republican governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker ...

Portugal steps up enforcement over edibles with seizure in Porto

Written by Marija Obradovic || 13th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Portugal

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Authorities in Porto recently seized over 500 edible products, stepping up enforcement efforts ...

NYPD acts on FedEx tip-off that was shrugged off by police in Vermont

Written by CBD-Intel || 12th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

California

Colorado

New York

North America

Tennessee

United States

Vermont

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Police in Vermont were satisfied with the legality of a shipment of hemp after being tipped off by delivery company FedEx – but the New York Police Department took a different view ...

New UK trade association places its focus on EU novel food regulations

Written by CBD-Intel || 7th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Companies

Food

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

The Centre for Medical Cannabis is launching a new Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI), claiming to be the first CBD trade organisation in the UK to ensure compliance with EU novel food regulations ...

Trump nominee Hahn unlikely to change much as FDA commissioner

Written by CBD-Intel || 6th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Little is expected to change at the US FDA in terms of CBD or cannabis policy if president Donald Trump’s nominee Stephen Hahn is approved as commissioner, according to sources contacted by CBD-Intel ...

CBD regulation will not be forgotten by new Polish parliament, says ex-MP

Written by CBD-Intel || 5th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Poland

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

CBD issues will be addressed in Poland's next parliamentary session, according to former MP Piotr Liroy-Marzec ...

Hemp extraction proposal falls short of solving Italian regulation chaos

Written by CBD-Intel || 4th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Italy

Companies

Health

Regulation and Legislation

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...

Ukraine’s new government drops plan to legalise medical cannabis

Written by CBD-Intel || 31st October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Ukraine

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The legalisation of medical cannabis in Ukraine, which was expected this year, is now likely to be indefinitely suspended following a decision not to include cannabis in the list of substances permitted in the country ...

Agriculture department set to issue rules for US national hemp program

Written by CBD-Intel || 30th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

US federal regulation

Regulatory briefing

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it is preparing to release the interim final rules governing a national hemp product program ...

Slovakia’s parliament dashes hopes that CBD was to be legalised

Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 28th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Slovakia

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

CBD remains banned in Slovakia after the country’s parliament, the National Council, defied widespread expectation that the substance would be legalised in line with the rest of Europe ...

US Northeast cannabis and vaping summit aims at joint regulation

Written by CBD-Intel || 28th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Connecticut

Massachusetts

New Jersey

New York

North America

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Vapour/Smokable

Regulatory briefing

Governors and lawmakers from six US states have met at a regional cannabis and vaping summit in an attempt to establish more collective standardised regulations and legislative approaches ...

Teething troubles as firms are warned over prohibited medical claims

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Federal enforcement against CBD medical claims in the US is going strong, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sending a warning letter to a new company about what it said were prohibited medical claims ...

Colorado works on rules to ban additives linked to vaping scare

Written by CBD-Intel || 24th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Colorado

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Regulators in the US state of Colorado are preparing to finalise rules that ban certain additives in cannabinoid vaping liquids – but a question remains over who is to oversee and enforce those rules ...

Few complaints and little enforcement – but EU food rules still apply in UK

Written by CBD-Intel || 22nd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

UK Trading Standards teams report very few complaints about food and drink containing CBD, despite the Food Standards Agency (FSA) saying it would follow EU rules, which say CBD should not be used as an ingredient in foodstuffs...

Caution required when advertising food containing CBD, rules UK ASA

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Companies

Food

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

Companies can advertise food and drinks as containing CBD, however, they should be careful about implying any link to illicit drugs like cannabis, according to the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ...

Swedish court rules CBD does not make a product pharmaceutical

Written by CBD-Intel || 14th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Sweden

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A Swedish court has ruled that a product containing CBD for oral consumption cannot automatically be classified as a pharmaceutical, but that the legal status of each product must be assessed individually ...

CBD across the US still caught up in a tangle of inconsistent enforcement

Written by CBD-Intel || 8th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Iowa

North America

Texas

United States

Washington D.C.

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

US federal regulation

Regulatory briefing

Despite various bodies making steps towards legalisation, the existing legal environment for CBD across the US remains a patchwork of contradictory policies ...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief, 26th-30th September

Written by CBD-Intel || 30th September 2019 || Alerts roundup , Regulatory briefing |

Connecticut

Europe

Kentucky

Massachusetts

New Jersey

New York

North America

Oregon

Poland

Rhode Island

United States

Washington

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Alerts roundup

Regulatory briefing

Moves are under way in a number of US states to take executive action against various vapour products. Meanwhile, a Kentucky CBD firm is suing for $44m an Oregon company it says sold it “nearly worthless” hemp seeds...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief

Written by CBD-Intel || 26th September 2019 || Alerts roundup , Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Canada

Colombia

EU

Europe

Finland

France

Illinois

Italy

Luxemburg

Massachusetts

North America

Paraguay

San Marino

South America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Alerts roundup

Regulatory briefing

This bonus edition of CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief includes items from across North and South America as well as Europe and Australia ...

SAFE Banking Act safely through the US House, but obstacles remain

Written by CBD-Intel || 26th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act through the US House of Representatives is but one skirmish, with a potentially fiercer battle awaiting in the Senate and the White House ...

Malaysia looks to begin research into medical cannabis

Written by CBD-Intel || 24th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Malaysia

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Malaysian government is to allow the import, storage, distribution and sale of medical marijuana – as long as producers or importers can prove its safety and efficacy for medical use ...

CBD-based epilepsy drug Epidyolex gets the green light from Europe

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

EU regulation

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Epidyolex, the CBD-based medicine used to treat rare forms of epilepsy, has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief, 17th-22nd September

Written by CBD-Intel || 23rd September 2019 || Alerts roundup , Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Austria

California

Colombia

Ecuador

Europe

Florida

France

Indiana

Italy

North America

South America

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Alerts roundup

Regulatory briefing

A court in Indiana has ruled the state ban on smokable hemp unconstitutional. This, and other news from the US, Austria, France, Italy, the UK, Colombia, Ecuador and the UAE in our regular regulatory round-up ...

US Senate committee allocates cash to speeding up CBD regulation

Written by CBD-Intel || 23rd September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

US federal regulation

Regulatory briefing

US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is to attach funding to the agricultural appropriations bill to speed the FDA’s preliminary steps towards rulemaking for CBD products ...

Quebec plans to defy edibles and topicals legalisation in Canada

Written by CBD-Intel || 20th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

As Canada prepares for the legalisation of cannabis edibles and topical creams this autumn, one province wants to restrict them. Quebec has served notice that it plans to adopt its own set of regulations banning cannabis-laced edibles that...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief, 10th-16th September

Written by CBD-Intel || 16th September 2019 || Alerts roundup , Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Austria

EU

Europe

Germany

Hawaii

India

Israel

Italy

Louisiana

Myanmar

North America

Switzerland

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Alerts roundup

Regulatory briefing

Regulatory developments from the US, EU, Germany, Italy, India, Israel and Myanmar – and news of an “illegal” incursion into Austria by undercover Swiss border guards ...

Raided German CBD sellers left in limbo with no legal charges yet

Written by CBD-Intel || 10th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Germany

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Five months after police in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg raided CBD shops and confiscated goods worth hundreds of thousands of euros, no charges have yet been filed ...

CBD regulatory news in brief, 3rd – 9th September

Written by CBD-Intel || 9th September 2019 || Alerts roundup , Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Australasia

Australia

Belgium

Europe

Germany

Ireland

Myanmar

Sweden

Thailand

Companies

Health

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Alerts roundup

Regulatory briefing

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has explained why she continues to oppose hemp legalisation in the state; Flanders in Belgium is seeing enforcement action against CBD shops because of CBD oils and teas; Australian state Victoria may yet...

California hemp bill delays legalisation of foods, beverages and cosmetics with hemp-based CBD

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

California

North America

United States

Cosmetics

Food

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The launch of many CBD-containing foods, beverages and cosmetics in California has been delayed further as a bill legalising their sale is now not expected to pass before the end of the legislative session, which ends on on...

A step forward as US DEA expands cannabinoid scientific research

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Drug Enforcement Agency has decided to expand cannabinoid scientific research and no longer requires registration for the growth or research of hemp ...

Russia poised to open up to CBD after Duma agrees to lift cultivation ban

Written by CBD-Intel || 5th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Russia

World

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Despite continuing uncertainty, the Russian CBD market is on the verge of big changes, following the approval of a draft bill by the national parliament ...

CBD-Intel regulatory news in brief, 27th August-2nd September

Written by CBD-Intel || 2nd September 2019 || Alerts roundup , Regulatory briefing |

Africa

Canada

Czech Republic

Europe

Ireland

Mexico

North America

Portugal

South Africa

United States

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Alerts roundup

Regulatory briefing

Americans for Safe Access has issued the Patient’s Guide to CBD, Ireland sees increase in hemping-growing licence applications, and over 6000 plants have been seized in Portugal ...

CBD drug Epidyolex looks unlikely to get a NICE answer in the UK

Written by CBD-Intel || 29th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The panel largely responsible for recommending which drugs the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) should provide may discourage use of the CBD-based drug Epidyolex ...