As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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FDA sends warning to companies selling THC in products appealing to children
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are…
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As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are…
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The FDA has received more than 100 adverse event reports related to children and adults who consumed edible products containing THC, including hospitalizations.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about the accidental ingestion of food products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) by children.
The FDA has been made aware …
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So-called ‘edibles’ might be infused with dangerous delta-8 THC marijuana
The marijuana-infused foods known as edibles are among the cannabis products possibly containing Delta-8 THC and causing “adverse events.” The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blasted out an official Health Advisory, joined by the Food and Drug Administration.
It warns of danger because of the increased availability of…
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Four children sick after eating cannabis-laced sweets
Four children needed hospital treatment in England after eating sweets thought to have contained cannabis.
A 12-year-old boy was discharged on May 1 and the other three were expected to be released from hospital in Surrey after being kept in overnight for monitoring and observation.
Two 12-year-olds, one girl and…
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Denver Health Officials Issue Warning About THC-Infused Capsules
A food safety advisory for a THC-infused product manufactured in Aspen, CO, was announced this past Friday by Denver’s Department of Environmental Health. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis (marijuana). The department issued the warning on Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, for RX Green’s Autopilots capsules. Consumers who…
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Washington State Subjects Pot to Microbiological Tests on Day One
After just one day of recreational marijuana sales in Washington state, and more than six months in Colorado, the questions that remain are mostly about those pot-infused food products. And, when it comes to food safety, Washington state is off to a safer start than Colorado. Only in those two…
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