CBD Self-Regulation? UK Trade Association Launches Three-Tier Certification System
Executive Summary
HBW Insight speaks to the founder of the UK's Association for the Cannabinoid Industry, Steve Moore, about the organization's new three-tier certification system for CBD products marketed in the country, designed to mirror the EU Novel Foods approval process as well as recent local regulatory changes.
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