This week's regulatory news in brief brings updates from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Serbia, Mexico, the US, Australia, China, Israel, Malawi, Nepal, South Korea and St. Lucia ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 18th June 2020 || Blogs |
Subscription services do offer potential benefits to CBD companies. Those benefits come with risks, which may be managed. But the key question for anyone interested in creating such a service is whether they prefer to market to early adopters...
Written by CannIntelligence || 17th June 2020 || News analysis |
Hemp flower has become increasingly available in Spanish tobacconists (estancos) and even on corner newsstands during the COVID-19 crisis – even thought its sale is not permitted under Spanish law ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 17th June 2020 || News analysis |
Major French flavours and fragrance manufacturer Robertet is making its first foray into European cultivation and processing of hemp oil extracts in a joint venture with Swiss CBD and hemp producer Alponics ...
This week's regulatory news in brief brings updates from the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portual, Switzerland, the US, China and Peru ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 11th June 2020 || Blogs |
The suspension of EasyJoint’s commercial activities and website pending a trial in the Italian province of Parma demonstrates that enforcement authorities intend to continue to police CBD retailers. In particular, it seems the Parma prosecutor’s office took exception to the marketing...
Written by CannIntelligence || 11th June 2020 || News analysis |
Subscription services are a niche area of the CBD market that could benefit from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, providing companies with security and customers with a way to try new products without leaving home ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 10th June 2020 || News analysis |
There is some scientific evidence that CBD could encourage smoking cessation and have significant health benefits for those struggling to give up cigarettes ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 9th June 2020 || News analysis |
Zimbabwe has changed tack, allowing investors to hold 100% of medicinal cannabis licences in order to improve competiveness of the sector both regionally and globally ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 8th June 2020 || News analysis |
The public prosecutor's office in Parma has suspended all commercial operations of Italy’s leading CBD company, EasyJoint, pending trial on narcotics charges ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 6th June 2020 || News analysis |
Artemis Growth Partners will look to use the new purchase of a UK farming complex to feed its international CBD supply chain before potentially creating a separate CBD brand and move into medical cannabis supply ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 2nd June 2020 || Resources |
The US CBD market is in constant change, with brands continuously developing new product formats with different formulations and innovative technologies. Competition is fierce, so brands are adjusting their standard products to the most competitive formats on the...
Jilin province is the third province in China to be actively working on hemp regulation. This report offers an analysis on the potential upcoming regulations, looking at all aspects from imports to cultivation ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 28th May 2020 || News analysis |
CBD companies based in Europe have a range of possible options for government assistance to help them through the various strictures imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 27th May 2020 || News analysis |
CBD food, supplement and cosmetic products could be sold under a clear legal framework in the US state of Texas as early as July under a proposed set of regulations ...
Our managing director, Tim Phillips, has been invited to participate in the Professionally Cannabis Podcast, which is aimed towards entrepreneurs, connoisseurs and those interested in the science behind the...
Written by CannIntelligence || 21st May 2020 || News analysis |
A Canadian company part-owned by singer Bif Naked has run foul of Canada's national health authority after suggesting its CBD products can help protect users from COVID-19 ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 20th May 2020 || News analysis |
CBD companies in the US that deal in THC may not be able to take Chapter 11 bankruptcy – reorganisation as a going concern – leaving those reliant on the business and creditors with few other options ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 19th May 2020 || News analysis |
Industry leaders say it’s too soon to tell if a newly approved testing method will help address the instability US hemp farmers face due to strict regulations on crops that test above 0.3% THC ...
This report provides an overview of the current regulatory landscape for CBD and hemp in Hong Kong, including analysis of the restrictions relating to medical and recreational cannabis ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 19th May 2020 || News analysis |
Setting up studies as a pretext to allow the sales of hemp flowers in Germany is unlikely to succeed – but more are expected to try it as they look for ways to avoid legal action ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 19th May 2020 || Market reports |
This report addresses changes to the CBD product offering and brand landscape in Austria, focusing on change in brand engagement with product categories, products and price...
Written by CannIntelligence || 18th May 2020 || News analysis |
The French government’s ban on the importing of CBD products conflicts with European law on free movement of goods, EU advocate general Evgeni Tanchev says, in an opinion that could have EU-wide implications ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 15th May 2020 || News analysis |
After a slow start, Japan's CBD sector is expanding rapidly, with the number of specialist shops growing, more vape and health shops, as well as the biggest discount retailer, now carrying CBD products ...
This report offers a thorough overview of the current regulatory regime for CBD in the Czech Republic, covering all aspects from extracts and finished products to medical and recreational cannabis ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 14th May 2020 || News analysis |
Local industry lobbyists in the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – are starting to push for further liberalisation of laws regarding the production of cannabis and...
Written by CannIntelligence || 13th May 2020 || News analysis |
The US state of Virginia has passed a bill to legalise CBD in foods. It expressly permits hemp extracts as food ingredients, as long as they don't contain more than 0.3% THC ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 13th May 2020 || Market reports |
This report addresses changes to the CBD product offering and brand landscape in the Netherlands, focusing on change in brand engagement with product categories, products and price analysis as well as trend identification ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 12th May 2020 || News analysis |
Chinese companies hoping to build up CBD businesses are growing increasingly frustrated by a lack of rulemaking, which is inhibiting the development of the domestic market ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 11th May 2020 || News analysis |
Despite reports, Poland’s Ministry of Health is not engaged in a dispute with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development over the country’s limit of 0.2% THC in cultivated hemp ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 11th May 2020 || News analysis |
Operations of Canopy Growth’s African subsidiary have not been affected by the parent company’s decision to pull out and leave things in local hands – according to the man in charge of those local hands. Jody Aufrichtig, head...
Written by CannIntelligence || 11th May 2020 || Market reports |
This report addresses changes to the CBD product offering and brand landscape in Greece, focusing on change in brand engagement with product categories, products and price analysis as well as trend identification ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 8th May 2020 || News analysis |
Every state in the US is offering some sort of tax relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and many hemp and CBD companies may be eligible for such relief ...
This week's regulatory news in brief brings updates from Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, the US, Australia, Colombia Costa Rica, New Zealand and Thailand ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 7th May 2020 || News analysis |
A cannabinoid advocacy organisation has called for better rules on the growing of cannabis for research in the US – but declined to say exactly what it would like to see from regulators ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 6th May 2020 || News analysis |
A debate over what varieties of hemp can be grown in Florida has been shelved for at least this growing season as industry associations push forward with guidance on obtaining a state licence ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 1st May 2020 || News analysis |
US regulators should standardise the definition of hemp between states to reduce confusion, red tape and non-compliance for companies trading across state lines, says a coalition of interested groups ...
This week's regulatory news in brief brings updates from Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Switzerland the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, China and Thailand ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 30th April 2020 || News analysis |
In order to help you keep track of how all this is affecting the CBD industry around the world, all CBD-Intel’s COVID-19-related coverage can now be found in one place here ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 30th April 2020 || News analysis |
Further legal action is expected from the only company so far granted official permission to grow hemp in Brazil after a federal court suspended its authorisation ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 28th April 2020 || Market reports |
Although prices can differ depending on the country, currency and economic development, there are some categories that stand out for being more expensive. The CBD-Intel brand and pricing report - a comparison across countries - provides in-depth analysis...
Written by CannIntelligence || 27th April 2020 || News analysis |
While the global coronavirus epidemic and consequent lockdown have caused uncertainty in the cannabis sector, investments in CBD are likely to go ahead in the coming months, some experts in the industry say ...
With the federal legalisation of hemp in the US , states were left to enact their own legislation to adapt. CBD-Intel provides an overview of US law on smokable hemp, along with analysis of each state’s rules ...
Cultivation of cannabis and manufacture of cannabis-derived products is permitted in Colombia under a licence. This report provides all current regulatory information in place in the country ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 24th April 2020 || News analysis |
Finnish authorities have cracked down on domestically based companies selling dietary supplements containing CBD, which they say lack EU authorisation, leading one of the largest importer of supplements to file for bankruptcy ...
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