On 9 February 2026, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published an update on the safety assessment of cannabidiol (CBD) as a novel food and defined a provisional safe dose (which many applicants would consider very low) of 0.0275 mg/kg body weight per day. The provisional safe dose set by EFSA is not currently a regulated maximum limit. However, EFSA’s guideline will primarily serve as the basis for assessing the safety of CBD in every ongoing novel food application. It is now up to the more than 30 applicants whose applications are currently being assessed by EFSA to submit further data to substantiate the safety and the desired higher daily doses.
The full article is available in DLR 03/26 (in German only).
