State orders stores to remove edibles with CBD from their shelves (Maine)

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https://www.pressherald.com/2019/02/01/state-orders-stores-to-remove-edible-cbd-from-shelves/comments/

State health authorities have ordered that edible products containing cannabidiol, or CBD, must be removed from stores because the hemp-derived product is not a federally approved food additive.

Environmental health inspectors began informing businesses last week that they must remove all foods, tinctures and capsules from their shelves that contain the non-psychoactive chemical compound found in the cannabis plant. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has determined CBD is an unapproved food additive that federal authorities do not recognize as safe.

The ruling threatens to derail Maine’s fast-growing hemp industry, in which farmers, extraction labs and retailers are investing millions of dollars, at a time when the CBD market is poised for explosive growth. National industry analysts estimate the U.S. market hit $591 million in 2018 and, with new federal legislation making it distinct from marijuana, its cannabis cousin, it could hit $22 billion by 2022, according to the Brightfield Group.

The increasingly popular CBD – which has made its way into Big Apple gas stations, Whole Foods markets and True Value hardware shops across Maine – will not be disappearing from circulation entirely, however. Inspectors have told business owners they can still sell CBD products that can be smoked, vaped, worn as a patch or applied as a lotion, and all medical marijuana patients can still buy oral CBDs from licensed caregivers or dispensaries.

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Fucking stupidity - yup

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1. by that standard....

Every health food store in the country would have to shut down. Virtually none of the food supplements on their shelves is approved as a food additive.

And cbd's occur naturally in your body. You have an entire system to manufacture and move them around your body. Just google it. It is a real medical fact.