Regulators slash CBD recommended intake – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS), have updated their guidance on cannabidiol (CBD) and now recommended healthy adults should limit their consumption of CBD from food to 10mg per day.

This is the equivalent of about four or five drops of five percent CBD oil, a considerably smaller amount than the 70mg recommended in advice published by the Agency in 2020.

“We have always advised the public to think carefully about taking edible CBD products and as with all foods, we continue to review our advice based on the evidence we gather from industry,” said Emily Miles, CEO of the FSA.

“We understand that this change to our advice will have implications for products currently on the market that contain more than 10mg of CBD per serving. We will be working closely with industry to minimise the risk, to ensure consumers are not exposed to potentially harmful levels of CBD,” Miles continued.

However some advice has remained the same, including that CBD should not be consumed by people in vulnerable groups, including children, people taking medication (who have not consulted a medical professional) and those who are pregnant or breastfeeding and those trying to conceive.

But what has this change been made? According to the FSA, the new guidance is based on scientific research looking at the average…