E. Liz Sloan

A. Elizabeth Sloan

The pandemic continues to accelerate consumer pressure to bring legal cannabis-derived products, including cannabidiol (CBD)-containing foods, beverages, supplements, and pet treats, to market. Judging from current market activity, if and when the U.S. Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA) issues CBD regulations, it will have been well worth the wait—for marketers of edibles in particular.

CBD is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid derived from the herbal flowering plant family, Cannabis sativa, which i…

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A. Elizabeth Sloan, PhD, a member of IFT and contributing editor of Food Technology, is president, Sloan Trends Inc., Escondido, Calif. ([email protected]).

E. Liz Sloan