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Industrial Hemp: A Sustainable Opportunity for Developing Economies
This week, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) held its monthly board meeting to discuss, among other things, the future direction of CBD regulation in the UK.Following last week’s surprise announcement of a roadmap for the final stages of a number of CBD novel food applications, which would set a precedent for CBD regulation across the globe, the meeting sought to answer some of the key questions raised by the report.Despite the welcome progress, the session will likely have rung alarm bells for many in the industry, amid numerous suggestions the FSA is leaning towards a 0% THC approach for CBD products.Robert Jappie, leading cannabis lawyer and partner at law firm Fieldfisher, told Business of Cannabis: “The direction of travel is clear and it’s not good news for advocates of full spectrum products. The FSA board leans further towards a position of ‘as little THC as scientifically possible’ rather than a permissible limit. There’s a clear desire to distinguish their position from the Home Office’s enforcement limit of 1mg.”