News
Chanelle McCoy Health Claims First Positive EFSA Opinion on CBD Novel Food Application
The CBD manufacturer has received a draft positive scientific opinion from EFSA on its Novel Food application.
Search
24 results for “food”
Industry
Thousands of CBD Products Enter Final Stage of UK Novel Foods Approval
The UK’s long-running project to regulate CBD (cannabidiol) products has taken another major step forward, seeing thousands of products make it to the final phase of the novel foods approval […]
Industry
UK CBD update: FSA issues first positive safety assessments in Novel Food process
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued the first two ‘positive safety assessments’ for CBD (cannabidiol) products as part of its years-long novel foods authorisation process. Chanelle McCoy’s subsidiary, […]
Industry
Hemp tea no longer classed as Novel Food under EU law
Hemp leaves, when separate from the flower, are now no longer classed as a Novel Food in the EU.
Industry
BRITISH CANNABIS™ unveils new non-novel CBD food supplements range
A new range of CBD products brings innovation back to the sector in a post-novel foods world.
CBD
British Cannabis CBD Products Moving on Towards Novel Foods Validation
The company that makes 13% of all CBD food supplements permitted to sell in the UK, are now one step closer to validation and full authorisation British Cannabis, registered as […]
Industry
British Cannabis™ reacts to FSA Novel Food list
Over 300 British Cannabis™ products have passed to the next stage of the UK Novel Foods process
Industry
What the FSA Novel Food list means for UK CBD consumers
Everything you need to know as a CBD consumer in the UK
Industry
Regulators should rethink ‘horrendously slow’ novel foods CBD process
An expert on CBD has called the rollout of the novel food regulations on the CBD industry ‘horrendously slow’. Sarah Ellson, a lawyer at Fieldfisher, said policymakers should think again […]
Industry
Novel food regulations look set to dramatically shrink the CBD sector
Only 42 products have been successful so far, out of more than 800 applications.
Industry
CBD industry in limbo over Food Standards Agency regulations roll-out
The CBD industry has been plunged into a state of confusion by the Food Standards Agency’s handling of the novel foods process. Companies scrambled to get dossiers of safety and […]
Industry
First novel food list published as CBD products face being pulled from shelves
CBD companies are learning their fates as the Food Standards Agency begins to validate products permitted to remain on shelves in the UK. All UK CBD companies were required to […]
News
No appeals process for CBD firms denied novel food status
CBD producers faced with being told to cease trading in the coming days are weighing up their options. Wednesday 31 March marks the deadline for applications to the Food Standards […]
Industry
Open Book Extracts joins EIHA to gain novel food status in Europe
US-based Open Book Extracts is in the process of achieving compliance with novel food regulations as it prepares to make its move on the European market. The major cannabinoid manufacturer […]
Industry
Novel food deadline delayed due to “large number” of last-minute applications
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has backtracked on previous guidance and confirmed that it will accept last-minute novel food applications up until the deadline. In an update announced on Thursday […]
News
“The industry doesn’t need to be divided”: Negotiating novel foods as a small CBD brand
Amelia Baerlein, co-founder and CEO of Apothem Labs shares her experience of navigating the novel food process as a small business and why she feels positive about the future of […]
News
Hapi Hemp: CBD, superfoods, adaptogens – what are they and how can they help?
Sponsored feature CBD isn’t the only natural compound with the ability to give your body exactly what it needs. Here, the Hapi Hemp team introduce the other adaptogens and explain […]
Industry
“A moment to celebrate”: ACI submits novel food application
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has submitted its novel food application, in what it has described as a “pivotal milestone” for the sector. The ACI submitted its application […]
Industry
Novel foods will be a “positive step” for CBD in sport
The novel food process has been met with backlash from many in the industry, but others see it as a positive step for the sector, as the co-founder of FourfiveCBD […]
News
‘Last call’ for CBD Novel Food applications
Sponsored blog With its Novel Foods deadline just one week away, UK industry pioneers BRITISH CANNABIS are providing a much-needed lifeline to CBD brands. In just one week’s time, BRITISH […]
News
Vitality CBD ‘leading the way’ with novel food application
A UK CBD firm believes it is one of the first to submit its novel food application ahead of the March deadline. Birmingham-based Vitality CBD confirmed it has submitted its […]
Industry
CBD in Northern Ireland – what you need to know about EFSA novel food applications
Northern Irish CBD companies have just ‘days’ to get European novel food applications under way if they have not already. Hemp Federation Ireland has urged CBD companies in Northern Ireland […]
News
CannaPro racks up £30,000 in legal fees fighting FSA novel food regulations
The trade association for cannabis companies in the UK says it has spent more seeking legal advice around the novel food regulations than its entire income history. CannaPro revealed in […]
News
Brexit means UK novel food laws no longer apply to Northern Ireland
Novel food regulations coming into force this year do not apply to Northern Ireland, where CBD companies will have to continue to follow EU law. With just weeks to go […]