CBD
Panel Covers Current Legal Landscape of Health and Nutrition Industry at SupplySide West
From CBD to kratom to notification letters and more, a panel of legal experts held a discussion on what they deemed as the most pressing topics in today’s complex regulatory environment in the natural products industry. The seminar, titled “A Comprehensive Look into Health and Nutrition Legal and Regulatory Landscape” was held on Oct. 24 ...
Trade Associations Respond to Congressional Request for Information on CBD
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Natural Products Association (NPA) have submitted responses to a Congressional Request for Information (RFI) seeking insight from industry stakeholders on CBD in order to develop “a regulatory pathway for non-intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid products that prioritizes consumer safety and provides certainty to the U.S. markets.” According to CRN, ...
Leadership Forum
Natural products leaders help the industry forge ahead. The panel: Corinna Bellizzi, Head of Sales & Marketing – U.S. Nutraceuticals Division, Örlö Nutrition & VAXA Technologies, Wilmington, DE, https://orlonutrition.com Blake Ebersole, President & Founder, NaturPro Scientific, Carmel, IN, https://naturproscientific.com Jonathan Emord, President & Principal, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, https://emord.com Catherine Kwik-Uribe, PhD, Vice President ...
JAMA Research Letter Raises False Alarm Over Levels of Melatonin in Gummies, CRN Says
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to a newly published research letter (“Quantity of Melatonin and CBD in Melatonin Gummies Sold in the U.S.”) appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which suggests that clinicians should “advise” parents that the levels of melatonin in gummies are “unpredictable.” Melatonin is often ...
Trade Associations Respond to FDA’s Denial of CBD Citizen Petitions
The Natural Products Association (NPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) have responded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) denial of the associations’ CBD Citizen Petitions on Jan. 26. “This is an astonishing dereliction of duty, especially compared to the agility and professionalism the agency showed ...
Trademarks and CBD: How Can Nutraceutical Companies Protect Trademarks Used on Products Containing CBD?
Discussion of the current policy of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, recent legal decisions and strategies for obtaining protection for marks used in connection with products containing CBD. The legalization of hemp-based cannabis products by the United States Congress in 2018 was a major step forward in the development of the cannabis industry. Unfortunately, ...
Open Book Extracts Expands Capabilities and Management Team
Open Book Extracts (OBX) has announced expanded operations and service capabilities for finished goods manufacturing to serve their global customer base more effectively. The new capabilities accelerate the pace of product innovation while significantly increasing manufacturing capacity and operational excellence, the company stated. Highlights of the expansion at the company’s headquarters in North Carolina include ...
How To Build CBD Brand Obsession That Lasts
We all have brands we love. We cherish the products they offer, we closely watch their every move, we proudly extol their virtues to friends, family, and even total strangers. What drives this kind of love? Is it unattainability? Guilty pleasures? Aesthetic perfection? When we’re obsessed with a brand, it’s usually because it speaks to ...
The Sports Car & the Sleeping Giant: How THCV & CBN Are Taking Over the Industry
2021 has the potential to be remembered as the year when minor cannabinoids achieved major status. While it’s true that the cannabis market is generally interested in tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the intoxicating cannabinoid that most marijuana consumers have come to know and love; as well as cannabidiol (CBD); but cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) cannabinol (CBN) ...
NPA Files Citizen’s Petition With FDA on Specific CBD Relief
On Feb. 22, in a Citizen’s Petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Natural Products Association (NPA) requested the FDA either: Determine cannabidiol (CBD) is not excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement under 21 U.S.C. §321(ff)(3)(B) allowing the Commissioner the ability to exercise enforcement discretion in a specific and selective ...
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