Cannabis is now of course regulated as a medicine, but it's also regulated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) as a Novel Food. The FSA defines this as follows:
"Novel foods are foods which have not been widely consumed by people in the UK or European Union (EU) before May 1997. This means that the foods don’t have a ‘history of consumption’. Examples of novel foods include:
new foods, for example, phytosterols and phytostanols used in cholesterol reducing spreads
traditional foods eaten elsewhere in the world, for example, chia seeds, baobab
foods produced from new processes, for example, bread treated with ultraviolet light to increase the level of vitamin D present".
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Cefyn Jones from Hemp Hound Agency has followed the Novel Foods situation for several years. Much like the pharmaceutical monopoly by Jazz Pharmaceuticals (previously GW Pharma), it looks very much like rules have been bent without explanation in this arena too. I personally think this an area well worth following as neither of these examples of apparent special treatment can be a good thing in terms of increased access, improved quality, transparency and indeed, trust.
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