The original use of “Business As Usual” was during wartime, a deliberate attempt to maintain public calm while the world collapsed around them. So the question is this: What war, exactly, is the FSA trying to normalise? Against transparency, perhaps? If that is the case, it's interesting that it started at a time that is significant for CBD Novel Foods. That is provable through the 2021 FSA FOI report, which, other than a modified response on 17/06/21, shows an abrupt stop

This is bigger than novel foods. This is about regulatory manipulation and undeclared conflicts of a senior Civil Servant when investigating a complaint that was made in the public interest.

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

This means that the application submitted by Marry Jane in 2015 was completed, with whole-plant and isolate clearly defined, but for some re

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

Regardless of the intent, is it right that the FSA stops, or targets companies for changing their labels to reflect consumer information tha

Escalation - a preview of The Hemp Hound Agency's meeting with the FSA to discuss the Public Interest Disclosure Complaint against their han

From The Hemp Hound Agency On 12/05/23 the Food Standards Agency (FSA) responded to a complaint that was lodged on 15/07/22 in regards to...

I'm not saying that all of the events reported are associated with Sativex, Epidiolex and whatever other preparations have been trialled and

Have the Home Office dictated the direction of Novel Foods for CBD products? It's definitely a possibility, both in 2017 AND 2019!

please take time to answer the 20 short questions below. The results of this pole will be submitted to the FSA before 28/02/2023,

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

Well the question is, did the FSA define anything effectively during the run up to Novel Food deadlines for the CBD industry? If they didn't

Let me be blunt, those toxicology reports signify a clear danger to the industry, let alone the EIHA membership, and for various reasons.

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

On 21/09/2022, I received a reply from the FSA in regards to the Public Interest Disclosure that was launched on 15/07/2022. In that disclo

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,

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

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

It's time to whistleblow against the FSA on behalf of the Hemp and CBD industry, there is blatantly a level of corruption that needs to be e