FDA Warns 15 Companies for Illegally Selling Products Containing CBD

The Agency has Encouraged Reporting Adverse Reactions to These Products to the MedWatch Program.


CBD marketers – Here’s more information for you from the FDA. 
 
FDA has warned 15 companies for illegally selling products containing cannabidiol due to safety concerns. Violations include marketing unapproved new human and animal drugs, selling CBD products as dietary supplements, and adding CBD to human, animal foods.
 
These are the recipients of the warning letters:
  1. Koi CBD LLC, of Norwalk, California
  2. Pink Collections Inc., of Beverly Hills, California
  3. Noli Oil, of Southlake, Texas
  4. Natural Native LLC, of Norman, Oklahoma
  5. Whole Leaf Organics LLC, of Sherman Oaks, California
  6. Infinite Product Company LLLP, doing business as Infinite CBD, of Lakewood, Colorado
  7. Apex Hemp Oil LLC, of Redmond, Oregon
  8. Bella Rose Labs, of Brooklyn, New York
  9. Sunflora Inc., of Tampa, Florida/Your CBD Store, of Bradenton, Florida
  10. Healthy Hemp Strategies LLC, doing business as Curapure, of Concord, California
  11. Private I Salon LLC, of Charlotte, North Carolina
  12. Organix Industries Inc., doing business as Plant Organix, of San Bernardino, California
  13. Red Pill Medical Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona
  14. Sabai Ventures Ltd., of Los Angeles, California
  15. Daddy Burt LLC, doing business as Daddy Burt Hemp Co., of Lexington, Kentucky
 
Here’s more from the article:
 
  • The FDA has previously sent warning letters to other companies illegally selling CBD products in interstate commerce that claimed to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, treat or cure serious diseases, such as cancer, or otherwise violated the FD&C Act. Some of these products were in further violation because CBD was added to food, and some of the products were also marketed as dietary supplements despite products which contain CBD not meeting the definition of a dietary supplement.
  • Under the FD&C Act, any product intended to treat a disease or otherwise have a therapeutic or medical use, and any product (other than a food) that is intended to affect the structure or function of the body of humans or animals, is a drug. The FDA has not approved any CBD products other than one prescription human drug product to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy. There is very limited information for other marketed CBD products, which likely differ in composition from the FDA-approved product and have not been evaluated for potential adverse effects on the body.
 
My advice remains to focus on price, availability and quality. The demand for CBD is established. There is nothing that aggressive marketing will do to convince someone to try CBD. Buyers are already interested and are looking for reputable sources. Falling into old habits and using old tricks to drum up sales or using supplement pitches is just asking for trouble.
Resist the temptation.
 
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by Peter Hoppenfeld