$2m For CBD Policy In FDA Budget, But No Directive On Setting Safe Level

Both Senate and House reports on FDA FY 2020 appropriation include requests for agency’s research, policy evaluation, market surveillance, issuance of an enforcement discretion policy and appropriate regulatory activities related to regulated products that contain hemp-derived CBD. House report, though, expresses stronger concern about exploding sales of potentially unsafe CBD supplements.

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Congress appropriated $2m, as the Senate proposed, to fund the Food and Drug Administration’s work on a policy for lawful use of cannabidiol in non-drug products but isn’t directing the agency, as the House suggested, to first set a safe level for the ingredient's use in food and dietary supplements.

The Senate on 19 December passed legislation, following the House’s approval two days earlier, that includes fiscal year 2020...

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