From an article on Food navigator:
Continued uncertainty over the regulatory status of hemp-derived CBD is a bigger roadblock for food and beverage brands than COVID-19 to market growth this year, say startups, but there are still windows of opportunity to grow while they wait for the FDA to lay out the path forward.
The problem right now, of course, is that CBD is likely not top of the FDA’s priority list as it attempts to deal with a global pandemic, speculated Eversheds Sutherland partner Greg Kaufman, who will be speaking at FoodNavigator-USA’s ‘