There's a lot of confusion and questions about CBD products
and what it means for CBD-related industries, especially those in
the food and beverage industry. The Agricultural Improvement Act of
2018, also known as the "Farm Bill," removed industrial
hemp and products derived from it, including CBD, from the Schedule
I list of drugs under the Controlled Substances Act. Which means
industrial hemp is no longer illegal at the federal level. So
things should be easy, right?
Wrong. In addition to the federal legal maze, states are
adopting their own strategies for dealing with CBD in food and
beverage.
In A Nutshell . . .
Under the Farm Bill's safe harbor, hemp-derived CBD is
legal, as long as the hemp contains no more than 0.3% THC (the
psychoactive component of marijuana) and complies with all
applicable laws at the places of origin and final destination. But
it gets more complicated for food and beverage stakeholders. The
federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
