Safe Level For CBD As Dietary Ingredient? FDA Continues Data Review
Executive Summary
Associate commissioner Lowell Schiller's comments at recent trade group regulatory conference mark agency's first public statement on likely direction on CBD's use in food, supplements. Potentially allowing CBD's use also is making FDA "think about whether we have the tools and resources we need to take this on," Schiller said.
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