#62025CC0495EU Advocate General Opinion on Organic Certification for CBD Products
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This opinion addresses whether CBD products can receive EU organic certification when CBD has not been authorised for sale as a food ingredient under EU novel food rules. The issue matters because CBD businesses want to market products as organic, but EU food and organic-label rules may block that if the product cannot legally be placed on the food market. The opinion affects hemp producers, CBD brands, organic certifiers, food regulators, and retailers. Its practical message is that organic certification cannot be treated separately from food-market authorisation: if a CBD food product lacks the required novel food approval, businesses should not assume an organic label is available.
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Key Changes
- Clarifies the link between EU organic certification and food-market authorisation for CBD products
- Signals that CBD food products without novel food approval may not qualify for organic certification
- Raises compliance risk for businesses marketing CBD products with organic claims
Obligations
What this law requires
Advocate General opinion note: CBD products intended for human consumption cannot be treated as eligible for EU organic certification independently of whether they may lawfully be placed on the EU food market under novel food rules.
Advocate General opinion note: under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, a novel food that has not received the required EU food marketing authorisation may not be placed on the market as a foodstuff.
Advocate General opinion note: CBD has not been authorised to be placed on the EU market as a foodstuff, which is central to assessing whether CBD food products may receive organic certification under Regulation (EU) 2018/848.