NPA’s Fabricant on CBD, NDI-related import alerts, and banned stimulants
Efforts to move the needle on hemp-CBD at the Federal level are slow, and upcoming exits of key personnel at FDA are unlikely to affect progress much, says NPA’s Dr Daniel Fabricant. “In some ways I think FDA likes the status quo,” he tells NutraIngredients-USA.
The Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act was re-introduced in the US House of Representatives in February with the aim of making hemp and hemp-derived CBD a dietary ingredient in dietary supplements.
Designated as HR 841, the bill directs the FDA to use its authority and resources to set a clear regulatory framework for hemp and hemp derived CBD and assure consumer protection. It has received widespread support from dietary supplement trade associations and hemp stakeholders, with NPA being the most notable dissenter for the bill because it fails to set a safe level of daily consumption.