France wants cannabidiol (CBD) cosmetics banned in the EU, citing potential “reproductive toxicity,” while regulatory rulings in California and draft legislation in Thailand are reshaping the cannabis landscape. ECHA recently published France’s proposal to classify CBD as a carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic substance under harmonized classification and labeling.The US state-enforced “emergency regulations” prohibit hemp products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) but allow for the sale of hemp-derived CBD products without detectable levels of THC or other intoxicating cannabinoids.
