Grant from Department of Commerce Market Development Cooperator Program funds project for four years. In addition to grant, the project partners – UNPA, National Animal Supplement Council, Eurofins Scientific testing company and China Inspections and Testing Society – get DoC assistance.

"One of the issues that COVID-19 has brought out is, how safe is the production of animal-based food products?" says Innova Market Insights North America executive Tom Vierhile at AHPA sports nutrition conference.

FTDA and FTC warn Patriot Supreme about noncompliant claims on its website and social media pages promoting CBD to prevent or treat infections from the coronavirus. However, a release Patriot Supreme distributed in July promoting CBD as a COVID-19 remedy remains in online circulation.

“To the extent these claims pertain to the ingestion of peanuts, they are not consistent with the claim in the [2017] Letter of Enforcement Discretion FDA issued in response to a petition for a qualified health claim for ground peanuts and reduced risk of developing peanut allergy,” state CFSAN officials.

Warnings state each’s firm products “are concerning from a public health perspective because they are labeled to contain the ingredients bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and zinc chloride … known corrosive agents.” The combination results in a corrosive topical agent capable of indiscriminately damaging healthy and diseased tissue alike.

Results of a JAMA study on why consumers say they use CBD supplements and an accompanying commentary emphasize that FDA should eliminate "unsupported claims of medical benefit” for CBDs and other cannabinoids.