Press release: 15 January 2019 European Industrial Hemp Association asked by European Commission to advise on traditional or novel food status of hemp extracts.

EIHA was invited to present to the Novel Food Working Group of the European Commission on October 16th, 2018. Our colleagues from the UK Cannabis Trades Association (CTA) were also present. Our objective was to outline the traditional food use of the aerial parts of the industrial hemp plant and such hemp extracts in which the Cannabinoid level does not exceed the naturally occurring level.