Can Synthetic CBD Overcome Cannabis Stigma And Break EU Novel Foods Deadlock?

Czech firm CBDepot has filed a novel food application for synthetically made CBD in Europe, which it hopes regulators will find more palatable than those for supplements derived from the cannabis plant.

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European Union regulators’ slow progress on authorizing cannabidiol derived from Cannabis sativa L. for use in dietary supplements has prompted a Czech Republic-based manufacturer to seek approval for synthetic CBD as a novel food. The firm believes intransigence on the part of regulatory authorities may be caused by the stigma attached to cannabis-derived CBD, a stigma which it says a synthetic product has the potential to overcome.

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