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EFSA has published a scientific opinion on a carbon dioxide extract from industrial hemp varieties of Cannabis sativa L.<\/em> submitted as a novel food for use in food supplements. The NDA Panel concluded that, based on the data provided, the product’s safety could not be established.<\/p>\n

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The opinion concerns an extract obtained using carbon dioxide (CO\u2082). In practice, this means that plant constituents were extracted using supercritical CO\u2082 rather than conventional solvents such as alcohol or isopropanol. T<\/p>\n

A key issue was that a substantial part of the composition remains uncharacterised, while the stability and toxicological studies were conducted with a material different from the novel food under assessment and produced using a different extraction process. EFSA also pointed to the lack of adequate data on the product’s safety for the proposed general population aged 3 years and above.<\/p>\n

From a regulatory perspective, the opinion confirms that for hemp extracts, the mere presence of CBD is not sufficient to support a positive safety assessment. Full compositional characterisation, representative test material, and adequate stability and toxicological data remain essential elements of a novel food dossier.<\/p>\n

EFSA OPINION<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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