CBD… still popular, despite legal confusion
There has been a flurry of launches - and proposed launches – of beverages containing CBD (cannabidiol), an ingredient that the FDA has repeatedly stated is not a legal dietary ingredient.
While many firms are pinning their hopes on the passage of a Farm Bill with new hemp provisions, this doesn’t have any bearing on the FDA’s position that CBD is not a permissible ingredient in a food, beverage or supplement because it was investigated as a new drug by GW Pharma back in 2007, stresses Greenberg Traurig attorney Justin Prochnow:
“I see all these emails going around saying once the Farm Bill passes, CBD is legal in all 50 states – and that’s just not true at all.”