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AHPA Updates Proposition 65 Hemp Industry Guidance Following Passage of California AB 45

by Angela Sabarese | October 11, 2021

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has published an update to its Guidance on California Proposition 65 and Hemp Products to recognize the impact of the passage of California AB 45 Industrial hemp products, which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsome on October 6, 2021. The AHPA document provided guidance to the hemp industry about ...

AHPA Submits Comments to “Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act” Discussion Draft

by Angela Sabarese | September 8, 2021

On September 1, 2021, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted comments to the Senate sponsoring offices for the “Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act” (CAOA) Discussion Draft. In a unique approach to development of federal legislation, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Corey Booker (D-NJ) released the CAOA discussion draft on July 14, ...

CRN Denounces FDA Rejection of NDI Notifications for Hemp Extract Containing CBD

by Angela Sabarese | August 11, 2021

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has denounced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rejection of two new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications for full-spectrum hemp extract containing cannabidiol (CBD)—and urged Congress to act on pending legislative proposals that require the agency to address the lack of regulation of hemp-derived products. “CRN is extremely disappointed to ...

CV Sciences and UC San Diego Publish Study of Cannabidiol Efficacy in Treating Nicotine Dependence

by Angela Sabarese | August 2, 2021

CV Sciences, Inc. has announced progress toward its goal of developing and commercializing a CBD-based pharmaceutical to treat nicotine addiction in smokeless tobacco users. The company, in collaboration with researchers from the University of California, San Diego (“UC San Diego”), published a preclinical study demonstrating the efficacy of chronic CBD treatment in reducing nicotine dependence ...

FDA Warns Selling of Topical CBD Products Violates FD&C Act

by Angela Sabarese | March 26, 2021

On March 22, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stated that it has issued warning letters to two companies for selling topical pain relief products labeled as containing cannabidiol (CBD) in ways that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Specifically, the warning letters addressed the illegal marketing of unapproved drugs labeled ...

Bipartisan Legislation to Regulate Hemp-derived CBD Re-introduced in Congress

by Angela Sabarese | February 8, 2021

On Feb. 4, 2021 Representative Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) re-introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect public health by providing legal clarity in the cannabidiol (CBD) product marketplace. Re-introduced in the 117th Congress as HR 841, the Hemp and Hemp-derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2021 directs the U.S. ...

Endocannabinoid Support: Outlook 2021

by Lisa Schofield | November 2, 2020

The endocannabinoid system, still new in health sciences, has been the muse for CBD and other products. This area is only going to grow. Still somewhat dewy fresh in the spotlight of human biological systems, the endocannabinoid system (ECS) has been the focus of dramatic product development. After all, its existence was discovered only 30 ...

FDA Submits CBD Enforcement Guidance to White House For Review

by Nicholas Saraceno | July 27, 2020

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has submitted draft CBD (cannabidiol) enforcement guidance to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, according to Marijuana Moment. The contents or even basic scope of the document titled, “Cannabidiol Enforcement Policy; Draft Guidance for Industry,” are not yet publicly known. The agency was mandated ...

FDA’s CBD Report to Congress Underscores Need for Regulations

by Nicholas Saraceno | July 14, 2020

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been tasked with regulating the cannabidiol (CBD) industry, the agency has repeatedly asserted it will not do so until it receives sufficient data on the cannabinoid’s safety for consumers. Yet, according to HempGrower, the agency’s latest report to Congress on July 8 evaluating the CBD marketplace underscores ...

Free Hemp-CBD Status Report Updated

by Nicholas Saraceno | May 11, 2020

To help the herbal products industry understand the evolving regulatory landscape for hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has updated its free Hemp-CBD Status Report to include recent actions taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The April 2020 revisions to ...

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