• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has introduced language into a Senate appropriations bill that would require FDA to issue temporary guidance on enforcement related to products containing cannabidiol (CBD). 
  • The amendment, which was shared with the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, would require FDA to provide Congress with a report on how it will develop its enforcement discretion policy and how it will evaluate CBD for use in FDA-regulated products within 90 days of passage.  Within 120 days, FDA would be required to issue its enforcement discretion policy for CBD. 
  • The market for CBD products is rapidly increasing, and the regulation of CBD in foods and supplements has not kept pace.  McConnell has shown a great interest in limiting the regulatory uncertainty faced by hemp farmers in his state of Kentucky, where hemp production is replacing tobacco production.