Mike Montemarano, Associate Editor04.04.22
At Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA this past March, experts discussed the latest developments on all fronts of the burgeoning hemp, cannabis, and CBD industries.
Though industrial hemp and CBD products have been on the market for several years since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, the category for ingestible products as a whole is still in its nascent stages.
The legal status of products containing CBD remains about as murky as it did upon the passage of legislation which legalized the production of industrial hemp containing no more than 0.3% THC. While it seems increasingly less likely that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will provide a pathway to market for CBD to be used as a dietary ingredient any time soon, states are passing their own legislation, leaving a patchwork of regulations across the U.S. Meanwhile, there is inconsistency across the industry when it comes to quality, testing standards, labeling, marketing, and overall terminology.
Though industrial hemp and CBD products have been on the market for several years since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, the category for ingestible products as a whole is still in its nascent stages.
The legal status of products containing CBD remains about as murky as it did upon the passage of legislation which legalized the production of industrial hemp containing no more than 0.3% THC. While it seems increasingly less likely that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will provide a pathway to market for CBD to be used as a dietary ingredient any time soon, states are passing their own legislation, leaving a patchwork of regulations across the U.S. Meanwhile, there is inconsistency across the industry when it comes to quality, testing standards, labeling, marketing, and overall terminology.
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