The Cannabis Trades Association UK has initiated legal proceedings to challenge the European Commission's recent decision to classify CBD as a novel food. Meanwhile, the UK government has released an official response to the EU's decision.
The Cannabis Trades Association UK (CTA) has instructed London law firm Mackrell Turner Garrett, together with leading food and trading standards barrister Jonathan Kirk QC, to challenge a controversial change recently introduced by the European Commission to the way food products containing cannabidiol (CBD) are classified.
Mackrell Turner Garrett said the CTA’s decision to contest the EC’s classification of CBD as a novel food was a...
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