cbdMD Becomes First American CBD Brand to Receive Validation by the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency
17 Februar 2022 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
cbdMD Anticipates EU Validation in the
Coming Weeks
cbdMD, Inc. (NYSE American: YCBD, YCBDpA), (the “Company”)
announced today that it has received validation of its Novel Food
application from the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency (“FSA”)
(the “Validation”) for its natural plant-based CBD formulation and
is now the first American CBD brand to achieve this significant
milestone. The Company also anticipates validation of its
application to the European Food Safety Authority in the coming
weeks.
Over 800 companies submitted applications and only those that
submitted dossiers based on safety data with their own ingredients
have been validated. cbdMD will now be allowed to sell its
proprietary and validated tinctures, gummies, and capsules across
the UK. The Company anticipates its ability to fulfill orders from
its UK distributors and e-commerce platforms in the coming weeks.
The grant of validation was based on the Company’s extensive
toxicological data, which contained all the requisite evidence to
substantiate the safe consumption of the Company’s products which
contain cbdMD’s proprietary blend of cannabinoids. Competitors who
submitted applications using shared data are not expected to
receive validation. cbdMD’s safety data will be used as the basis
for additional research and regulatory studies which the Company
intends to use to validate the safety and efficacy of its products
in other international markets and the US. In addition, the Company
expects that in the coming months, the first of these seminal
studies will be published in a leading peer-reviewed journal.
“This FSA validation certifies what we’ve known all along, our
products are safe. We want to thank the FSA for validating this
fact, and we strongly urge the FDA to do the same. Our customers
trust and appreciate that our products are formulated with natural
ingredients, not synthetic copies, and without additives. In a time
when the world needs products that complement everyday health and
wellness, our natural products matter and resonate with consumers
worldwide,” said Martin A. Sumichrast, Chairman & co-CEO of
cbdMD, Inc.
“We are proud to support cbdMD, as the owner of its proprietary
data in these pan-European novel food submissions. cbdMD has a
scientific and legal team that is second to none; composed of
former FDA employees providing guidance on a global approach to
compliance and intellectual property (‘IP’) while keeping one eye
on the health and nutritional benefits of the products through
additional studies. Ownership of the study data means cbdMD is not
sharing its IP, as is done in consortium applications. This
provides cbdMD with a unique position in the worlds largest CBD
market to create actual value by leveraging the IP in their own
products or licensing their formulations to third parties or white
label goods. We continue to work with cbdMD to develop new
opportunities to build their IP portfolio which will better serve
their customers’ health and wellness needs,” said Dr. Mark Tallon,
LLM, MA, Ph.D., and Managing Director of Legal Foods. With over 20
years experience, Legal Foods are experts in European and UK food
law and have acted as advisors to cbdMD for both UK & EU
applications.
About cbdMD, Inc.
cbdMD, Inc. is one of the leading and most highly trusted and
recognized cannabidiol (CBD) brands with a comprehensive line of
U.S.-produced, THC-free1 CBD products. The cbdMD brand currently
includes over 130 SKUs of high-grade, premium CBD products
including CBD tinctures, CBD gummies, CBD topicals, CBD capsules,
CBD bath bombs, CBD bath salts, CBD sleep aids, CBD drink mixes and
full spectrum CBD options. Our Paw CBD brand of pet products
includes over 45 SKUs of veterinarian-formulated products including
tinctures, chews and topical products in varying strengths, and our
cbdMD Botanicals brand of beauty and skincare products features 15
SKUs, including facial oil and serum, toner, moisturizers, facial
masks, exfoliants and body care. To learn more about cbdMD and
their comprehensive line of U.S.-grown, THC-free1 CBD oil and full
spectrum products, please visit www.cbdmd.com, follow cbdMD on
Instagram and Facebook or visit one of the 6,000 retail outlets
that carry cbdMD products.
Forward-Looking Statements
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that are based upon current expectations and involve certain risks
and uncertainties within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements can
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to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements,
including, without limitation, statements made with respect to the
expansion of the consumer market for CBD products, our ability to
increase our market share, the validation of our CBD products, our
ability to expand our business and significantly increase our
revenues, our ability to effectively leverage our brand
partnerships and sponsorships, our ability to effectively compete
in our market, our ability to achieve our net sales guidance, and
our ability to report profitable operations in the future. You are
urged to carefully review and consider any cautionary statements
and other disclosures, including the statements made under the
heading "Risk Factors" in cbdMD, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and our other
filings with the SEC. All forward-looking statements involve
significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements,
many of which are generally outside the control of cbdMD, Inc. and
are difficult to predict. cbdMD, Inc. does not undertake any duty
to update any forward-looking statements except as may be required
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1 THC-free is defined as below the level of
detection using validated scientific methods.
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