While disposable e-cigs are the fastest growing category in the industry, they are also the fastest growing source of concern for policymakers. This report discusses how and why these products could eventually be banned in the EU ...
This report looks at how the upcoming revisions of the EU TPD and TED relate to hemp products, and in turn how it will change the current framework in place for such products ...
CBD pouches are currently most likely to fall under a general consumer regime, considering the existing EU legal framework. This report discusses the various ways in which such products could be regulated at EU level ...
This report provides an overview of the recreational cannabis and CBD market in Canada in relation to the provincial regulations in place across the country ...
Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 20th October 2020 || News analysis |
EU member states will have to decide how to implement a planned European levy on non-recycled plastic packaging waste – to fund it from national budgets or make industry pay for the waste it produces ...
The aim of this report is to bring some clarity to the process of placing a food product on the EU market, looking at the options of Article 4 and Article 10 ...
Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 25th November 2019 || News analysis |
The inclusion of some new cannabis-related entries in the CosIng catalogue will facilitate the placement of cannabis-containing cosmetics in the EU market – provided all other rules, such as limits on THC, are respected ...
This report continues to look at the European Union's CLP regulations and covers hazardous chemicals and obligations to notify, the part played by Poison Centres and the need for UFIs ...
The EU’s Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulations classify all chemical substances and mixtures according to their toxicity levels. Part 1 of our report looks in detail at this legislation ...
The sale of CBD, hemp extracts and flowers is legal in California, subject to a minimal regulatory burden, which CBD-Intel explains in detail in our first US state regulatory snapshot ...
Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 10th April 2019 || News analysis |
CBD’s entry in the European Commission’s database of cosmetics ingredients has been expanded to differentiate it from generic cannabis and by-products. The move offers more, but not total, clarity ...
Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 29th March 2019 || News analysis |
The Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS) has changed its mind over the regulatory framework established for cannabis products in late 2018 ...
Under current EU rules, cannabinoid-containing hemp extracts could require pre-market authorisation as they are now considered to be novel foods. CBD-Intel explains how the rules work ...
Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 26th February 2019 || News analysis |
Whether the left or the right ends up in power – and that is difficult to predict – some form of debate around cannabis could be on the cards following forthcoming general elections in Spain ...
According to EU authorities, CBD and other cannabis extracts could be deemed illegal as an ingredient in cosmetics. However, individual member states have not made the same interpretation of the rules ...
Mexico may well become the third country in the world to fully legalise all cannabis products, including marijuana. In the meantime, CBD and hemp-containing products are allowed as long as they contain less than 1% THC ...
The CBD industry is currently navigating a complex and changing regulatory landscape across the European Union. CBD-Intel brings some light to the obscure area of novel food regulation – and asks the vital questions ...
Australia is a highly restrictive market for CBD, with limits on growing and extraction and an absolute prohibition on CBD in consumer products. This report details what is and what is not allowed ...
Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 18th May 2018 || News analysis |
The Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency (AAMS) has issued a bulletin informing the country’s e-cigarette industry of its interpretation of legal requirements arising from the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...
What laws regulate the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in e-liquids across the European Union – and what regulatory regime is likely to apply in the future? Our report finds the clear lines in a legal grey area ...
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