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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY
Food and feed safety, innovation
Food processing technologies and novel foods
Brussels, 06 June 2017
Meeting of the competent authorities - Regulation (EC) no 2015/2283
« Working Group Novel Food »
06 June 2017
CCAB Room 3A, Brussels
Informal Summary Record
Present:
Member States: AT, BE, CZ, DE, DK, EL, ES, EE, FI, FR, HU, IE, IT LU, LV, NL, PL, PT, SE, UK.
Others: NO
COM:
Agenda Item/documents
Outcome
8. Hemp flower (
Cannabis sativa)
COM presented documents provided by EIHA and a Polish
hemp producer and Polish CA letter to COM ref NF status of
hemp flower.
8.1 and 8.2 Documents provided by EIHA
and a Polish hemp producer
AT and FI stated that products from hemp, containing CBD
and TBC, fall under the scope of medicine or addictive
8.3 Polish CA letter to COM ref NF status
substances law. While, Belgium stated that whole food
of hemp flower
products from hemp, are forbidden in Belgium. It was also
mentioned the international agreement on psychotropic
substances.
COM will check that agreement