CBD Among Novel Food Ingredients Targeted By EU Enforcement Authorities In Q1

Dietary supplements containing unsafe or unauthorized substances were reported to the European Commission by national regulators on around 60 occasions in the first quarter of 2024.

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Companies marketing dietary supplements containing unauthorized novel food ingredients kept enforcement agencies across the European Union busy in the first quarter of 2024.

Prohibited substances such as color additive titanium dioxide and undisclosed drugs like tadalafil were also identified in

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