Health and science

What impact will Black Friday sales have on the CBD sector?

27th November 2020 - Blogs |

Overall it seems the industry – particularly in Europe – is not expecting much from Black Friday sales. European companies appear to consider CBD products more as health products that are requirement purchases throughout the year as opposed to lifestyle products that might be purchased as a one off during a special sales event. The situation may be slightly different in the US where Black Friday – » Continue Reading.

How important is the CJEU decision on the Kanavape case?

20th November 2020 - Blogs |

How important is the CJEU decision on the Kanavape case?  The judgement in favour of CBD from the Courts of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will almost certainly have significant long-term consequences for the CBD industry in Europe. It will likely influence the European Commission (EC)’s further assessment of the question of whether CBD is a narcotic. The preliminary opinion » Continue Reading.

How is the novel food status of CBD progressing in Europe?

3rd July 2020 - Blogs |

Several major developments have all happened at the same time for novel foods. Perhaps most importantly, one of the European Commission’s departments – the  Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety – has said it is holding sending any further non-synthetic CBD applications to the European Food Safety Authority for evaluation until it has determined whether CBD technically falls under the definition of a narcotic according to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

CBD-Intel COVID-19 news round-up

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