The FSA now admits that multiple respondents raised concerns about market distortion and a “cartel-like environment” around CBD novel foods. So why were those concerns dismissed as speculative — and what did the Agency already know?

If flowering and fruiting tops were historically consumed as part of hemp botanical beverages before May 1997, excluding them from the definition isn't a trivial botanical distinction, it changes the identity of the food being discussed.

Over the past four years, one question has repeatedly surfaced within the UK hemp and CBD industry: how did certain CBD products, including those linked to Pureis, come to be included on the Food Standards Agency CBD Public List despite clear requirements that products had to be on the market before 13 February 2020? This article examines the evidence, correspondence, FOI disclosures, and complaint files surrounding that question.