The Food Standards Agency (“FSA”) set a timetable for the Novel Food authorisation process that concerned the safe use of CBD products. Goodbody Health has welcomed the need for the clarity of a regulatory framework as an important step leading to the development of a safe and legal market in the UK for CBD.
From that, we have submitted our dossier to the guidance given and we are waiting on the Foods Standards Authority to give further updates on the status of our Novel Food submission and when the list of brands will be published.
The original date given by the FSA was the end of August but, like all brands, we are waiting on that update. Currently they do state that CBD products are allowed to stay on the market in England and Wales until that decision on their authorisation has been made.