UK CBD, on the record
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The FSA's 3 September board paper recommends the first three CBD novel food authorisations — with a 10 mg/day figure on pack and four warning groups. Here is what would change for a shopper, and what has not changed yet.
Two mainstream UK gummy ranges put through this desk's two tests. On the FSA public list they start level. On the arithmetic the widest gap is not between the brands but inside one of them.
The Food Standards Agency's cannabidiol guidance was updated on 28 August, adding a section on consultation requests for novel food status. The public register of listed products carries a last-updated date of 13 April 2026.
Two British CBD brands put through this desk's two tests: what each one publishes, and what a milligram costs. They are not close — and not in the direction the marketing on either site suggests.
EFSA has set a provisional safe intake for cannabidiol of roughly 2mg a day for a 70kg adult. The FSA's published figure for consumers in Britain is 10mg. Both numbers are real, and the gap between them is explainable.
One of the most visible CBD drinks in Britain, judged the way this desk judges everything: on the paperwork it publishes and the price of a milligram. The testing claim is everywhere; the certificates are not.
