CBD Beverages in Regulatory Purgatory

Dear Client: "The bottom line is that there is no bottom line." So concluded your editor last week at the tail-end of moderating a distinguished panel on the subject of the future of beverages derived from CBD and hemp at the NBWA Convention in Las Vegas. THE SITUATION. You've got the Farm Bill of 2018 which cleared the way for hemp-based products; but then you've got the FDA out here saying that's all well and good, but you still can't