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Red Yeast Rice History Offers Blueprint For Clearing CBD As Dietary Ingredient

 
• By Eileen Francis

Legal dispute between FDA and Pharmanex decided in 1999 could be precedent for using hemp-derived ingredients including CBD in supplements, even though CBD already has been authorized for clinical drug evaluation and for use in a drug, says attorney Miriam Guggenheim.

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Litigation decided in 1999 that challenged the US Food and Drug Administration’s policy against using red yeast rice extract as a dietary ingredient could be a roadmap to convincing the agency to change its policy against cannabidiol's use in dietary supplements and food.

The legal battle between the agency and supplement marketer Pharmanex Inc

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