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Should hemp extracts and CBD Oil derived from hemp be considered novel food? This article is based on the recent presentation given by the EIHA – published with kind permission from Lorenza Romanese (EIHA Managing Director).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read & download the full presentation here:
http:\/\/eiha.org\/media\/2019\/03\/19-03-12_PAFF_WG_EIHA_Final_small.pdf<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Defining \u2018novel food\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The EU defines novel food as food that was not consumed to a considerable degree by citizens of the EU prior to 1997, when the first regulation on novel food came into force. Novel food can be newly developed, innovative food, food produced using new technologies and production processes, and food traditionally eaten outside the EU. The regulation requires such foods be safe and be properly labeled so as not to mislead consumers, among other requirements. The upshot for food producers is a more burdensome marketplace as novel foods undergo stringent and costly authorization requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hemp flower products such as hempseed and hempseed oil (extract) are authorized novel foods under EU rules, exempt from registration due to demonstrated consumption in Member States prior to May 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the recent language changes to the Novel Food Catalogue state that \u201cextracts of Cannabis sativa L. and derived products containing cannabinoids, including Cannabidiol (CBD), are considered novel foods as a history of consumption has not been demonstrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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EIHA\u2019s evidence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the March 12 session, however, EIHA rebutted that argument, for starters citing a Nova Institute survey (1997) ordered by the EU Commission in which 23 companies from across Europe reported a total of more than 255 tons of hemp-based foods as having been produced before 1997. Those products obviously contained CBD, the EIHA contends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 March 2019, WG PAFF Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n