[New Food Magazine] ACI completes landmark CBD study
Following the submission of its novel food application, New Food gets exclusive insight from three experts integral to the study…
[New Food Magazine] ACI submits CBD novel food application
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has submitted its novel food application on behalf of the members of its CBD Safety Study Consortium. The ACI has called this a pivotal milestone as its members have been working together to meet the compliance deadline set by the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA).
[Canex] CBD Products to be Removed from Shelves as Novel Foods Deadline Looms
Despite the UK’s exit from the European Union and the end of the ‘transition period’ at the beginning of this year, it appears that the European Commission’s ruling on the novel status of CBD will stand. This means that all manufacturers and producers of CBD products in the UK will still be expected to have completed a Novel Foods application by the deadline later this year.
[Informa Pharma Insights] UK CBD Industry Embraces Trading Standards Partnership As Compliance Deadline Looms
UK CBD industry association, the ACI, joins others in forming partnerships with local authorities responsible for enforcing the new rules, which require all CBD food supplements on the market to hold a validated novel food application with the FSA.
[Food Navigator] ‘This will boost consumer confidence that they can trust these products’: CBD industry predicts sales lift as deadline for novel food applications approaches
With the UK deadline for Novel Food applications for CBD products approaching on March 31, industry body the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has announced a partnership with Trading Standards to ensure a smooth transition.
[Pharmacy Business Magazine] ACI forms partnership with Trading Standards
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has announced on Tuesday (Feb 2) that it is the first UK cannabis industry association to formalise a partnership with Trading Standards. The latest agreement was approved by the Secretary of State last week.
[BusinessCann] Compliant CBD Companies Call For Crackdown On UK’s Novel Food ‘Refuseniks’
After cumulatively spending tens of millions of pounds on Novel Food compliance many UK CBD companies may be left feeling frustrated come the end of March deadline.
On April 1. the much-touted and controversial Novel Food rules come into place for businesses in the CBD supply chain.
[NutraIngredients] Food Standards Scotland CBD position at odds with stance of UK counterpart
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has sought to clarify its position concerning the sale of CBD-related products, in a stance that clashes with the opinion set out by the UK Food Standards Authority (FSA).
[NutritionInsight] Holiday Roundup – In Brief: Regulation
NutritionInsight provides an overview of the various business developments over the holiday period and includes the clarification ACI received from FSS on their stance on CBD.
[Food Navigator] ‘A Christmas wish come true’: CBD industry celebrates as EC resumes Novel Food applications
More good news for the CBD industry. The European Commission has abandoned its plans to classify non-synthetic CBD a narcotic and resumed Novel Food applications for edible CBD products.
The move came after the European Court of Justice ruled that CBD is not a narcotic drug as it “does not appear to have any psychotropic effect or any harmful effect on human health”.
