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FDA Heeds Concerns of Hemp Farmers Over Lab Testing Regulations
Edibles Magazine Issue 62
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S i n ce the pa ssing of the Hemp Farm Bill in 2018, Hemp has become a hot commodity in agriculture, with its uses ranging from rope and textiles to hemp milk and oil, but government agencies are still unsure of how to regulate a derivative of the cannabis plant, CBD. As of 2020, only one CBD based product has been approved by the FDA for “treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome or Dravet syndrome in patients 2 years of age and older.” And under the new regulations,
any CBD and/or THC products can’t be marketed or sold as dietary supplements dictated by the FD&C Act, although Hempderived products that meet the standard of the FD&C Act and do not contain any CBD or THC can be marketed and sold as dietary supplements. In November 2019 many major companies producing products that contained CBD were sent warning letters by the FDA for not containing the chemical levels of CBD that they claimed were in their products. The companies that
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have received warning letters are listed on the FDA’s website for public view. Dr. Stephen Hahn, the new commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said “We’re not going to be able to say you can’t use these products. It’s a fool’s errand to even approach that,” and continues, “We have to be open to the fact that there might be some value to these products, and certainly Americans think that’s the case. But we want to get them i n fo r m a tion to make the right decisions.” Dr. Hahn’s
