

Skunk, CBD & the MHRA’s Yellow Card List – A Deep Dive into Regulatory Manipulation
How did 'Skunk' end up on an MHRA Yellow Card list meant for medicines and vaccines? And why does the timeline perfectly align with GW Pharm
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Mar 1824 min read
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Three Points to Discuss Part 3 - The Curious Case of RP427
There is every reason why the ACNFP should not be happy with RP427
The main issue is that the application itself is specifically for 10% CB
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Jun 5, 202420 min read
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Three Points to Discuss Part 2 - Ethics and the FSA
Regardless of the intent, is it right that the FSA stops, or targets companies for changing their labels to reflect consumer information tha
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May 16, 202413 min read
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Escalation - a preview of The Hemp Hound Agency's meeting with the FSA to discuss the Public Interest Disclosure Complaint against their handling of novel foods for CBD products
Escalation - a preview of The Hemp Hound Agency's meeting with the FSA to discuss the Public Interest Disclosure Complaint against their han
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Mar 5, 20245 min read
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Killing in the Name of .... - A look at the MHRA's yellow card list for Cannabis Sativa
I'm not saying that all of the events reported are associated with Sativex, Epidiolex and whatever other preparations have been trialled and
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May 9, 202316 min read
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February's Directory Push: US/UK edition
But it doesn't just cover how we're working by two sets of rules, it also covers how some companies have pulled down posts that have been hi
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Feb 5, 20239 min read
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'Ask The FSA' FAQ's: Cold Press Hemp Oil with an Advertised Cannabinoid Content, and Article 4's
Do you ever get the sense that cold press hemp oil is a 'problem'? I don't mean for any associations who're protecting their members interes
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Nov 4, 202211 min read
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Legalisation vs Decriminalisation of recreational cannabis use in the UK?
The issues with legalisation are that whilst you can have access to the plant, it's still under someone else's terms. But are those terms ac
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Sep 18, 202213 min read
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The Cold Press Conundrum...
Remember when one of the UK's favourite sandwich fillers all of a sudden had Omega oils in? I'm pretty certain that it was after 1996,
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Aug 30, 202212 min read
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Update on the Public Interest Disclosure (PID)
On the 19th of August, the Hemp Hound Agency received a reply from the FSA in regards to a submitted PID sent to them on the 15th of July th
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Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Industry thoughts and update
I honestly feel that CBD and Novel Foods is the most pressing issue right now, and that the issue in question is hidden in between more glam
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Aug 8, 20229 min read
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Exposing the lies!
0.69% of the Novel Foods list is validated, yet just under half of them shouldn't be.
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Jul 4, 202215 min read
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Did she really just say that???
It's been hard for me to suss out what to write about Alison Hernandez's opinion in regards to the classification of cannabis, as I'd contac
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Jun 24, 20228 min read
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The Hemp Hound Directory & Farmers Market Day
The Hemp Hound Directory & Farmers Market Day. June 2022
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Jun 17, 20228 min read
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Catch up with The Hemp Hound Agency
Hello folks, I trust that you're all well! Some of you may have noticed that I've been busy of late, that because lots of things have...
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Jun 15, 20225 min read
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Confidence in the FSA and Novel Foods: Poll results from The Hemp Hound Agency
For the last week now, The Hemp Hound Agency has been running a poll to determine how companies are feeling in regards to CBD Novel...
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Jun 13, 202216 min read
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A reply from the Food Standards Agency (FSA), to The Hemp Hound Agency.
On the 12th of April 2022, The Hemp Hound Agency released an article called 'A letter of concern to the FSA'.
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May 26, 202215 min read
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Drop the bomb
A 'call to arms' to the UK Hemp and CBD industry, from The Hemp Hound Agency Far be it for me to jump in with quotes from Winston...
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May 22, 20224 min read
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Novel Foods - Pre-planned to fail?
What a mess this whole Novel Foods process has become - The ACI are saying there could be legal challenges, the FSA admitting 'clerical err
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May 4, 20227 min read
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Response from the VMD...
On the 4th of April this year, The Hemp Hound Agency released an article that asked several questions to certain government agencies who...
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Apr 21, 20228 min read
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