{"id":17236,"date":"2019-10-14T14:11:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nutracapusa.com\/?p=17236"},"modified":"2022-01-16T10:48:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T10:48:47","slug":"trade-groups-to-congress-authorize-cbd-in-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nutracapusa.com\/blog\/trade-groups-to-congress-authorize-cbd-in-supplements\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade groups to Congress: Authorize CBD in supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Four dietary supplement trade groups on Tuesday urged Congress to pass legislation clarifying hemp-derived CBD is a lawful dietary ingredient if the supplement meets established product safety and quality criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lawmakers also were asked to devote sufficient resources to shield consumers from unsafe CBD products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While FDA has been examining the potential for a rulemaking that would authorize CBD to be added to food and marketed as a dietary supplement, agency officials have stressed such a process could take several years to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Industry representatives have expressed fears that a lack of federal oversight could endanger the health of the public and continue to foster an environment of uncertainty, stymieing investments and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. market is already inundated with CBD products and a patchwork of state testing and labeling laws governing them<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n