BSCG August 2020 Newsletter
Aug 10, 2020
Do You Know What's In Your Hemp or CBD Product?
We Do!
and Now You Can Too
BSCG President Oliver Catlin on CBD Products for NaturalProducts Insider
“Third-party certification programs can help answer important questions fordownstream customers. Are THC levels below legal limits? Does the material comefrom legal hemp? Is the production process consistent? Do CBD levels meet labelclaims? Are any harmful environmental contaminants present? Could my CBD productcause a positive drug test? Are dangerous synthetic cannabinoids substituted forCBD? Brands often try to answer these questions themselves, but when a qualifiedthird-party verifies the claims a higher level of trust is established.
“Third-party certification programs deliver on a growing consumer demand fortransparency, which can be especially important in the CBD and hemp product arena.Initiatives like third-party certification that provide a window into quality control mayalso have a surprising return on investment. A recent survey noted that 73% ofconsumers would be willing to pay more for a product they believed to be moretransparent and suggested there could be as much as a 20% return on investment forbrands that dedicate themselves to transparency.” This is a brief excerpt from a new piece BSCG President Oliver Catlin wrote aboutthird-party certification of CBD products that appears August 5 in Natural ProductsInsider. Read the entire piece here online. In December, Oliver appeared in a Natural Products Insider podcast with Senior EditorSteve Myers to discuss “The confusing world of CBD and sports banned substancetesting.” Find the 12-minute podcast, recorded at October’s SupplySide West show inLas Vegas, here on the NPI website.
“Third-party certification programs deliver on a growing consumer demand fortransparency, which can be especially important in the CBD and hemp product arena.Initiatives like third-party certification that provide a window into quality control mayalso have a surprising return on investment. A recent survey noted that 73% ofconsumers would be willing to pay more for a product they believed to be moretransparent and suggested there could be as much as a 20% return on investment forbrands that dedicate themselves to transparency.” This is a brief excerpt from a new piece BSCG President Oliver Catlin wrote aboutthird-party certification of CBD products that appears August 5 in Natural ProductsInsider. Read the entire piece here online. In December, Oliver appeared in a Natural Products Insider podcast with Senior EditorSteve Myers to discuss “The confusing world of CBD and sports banned substancetesting.” Find the 12-minute podcast, recorded at October’s SupplySide West show inLas Vegas, here on the NPI website.
The FDA Tests Show Many CBD Products Do Not Contain theAmount of CBD Indicated on Label
In July, the FDA published results of tests for147 CBD supplement products and found that of102 products declaring CBD content, 18contained less than 80% of the amount of CBDclaimed, 46 contained CBD within 20% of theamount indicated, and 38 products containedmore than 120% of the amount of CBD stated.In this New Hope article, journalist ToddRunestad writes, “It’s buyer beware when itcomes to the wild west of hemp CBD products.”And he concludes: “Savvy consumers need to rely on a sophisticated third party tohelp them navigate the hemp CBD market.”
Read the New Hope article: “New hemp CBD tests show it’s time to downsize and grow up: FDA, Minnesota and Mississippi tests show outsized failures of brands toproduce quality hemp and CBD supplements.”
BSCG Certified CBD Is a Unique All-in-One Program
BSCG is proud to offer the BSCG Certified CBD program, thefirst broad-spectrum third-party program in the world for theCBD and hemp product industry. BSCG Certified CBD is aunique all-in-one program that offers a complete compliancesolution to manufacturers and ingredient suppliers.For this comprehensive program, BSCG conducts ongoingtesting for banned substances, verifies the level ofcannabinoids including CBD and THC while applying a limiton THC for drug-testing protection, and confirms products donot contain a range of contaminants including heavy metals,pesticides, solvents and microbiological agents. The initial certification processincludes reviews of product labels and claims, verifies CBD and hemp sourcing, andevaluates the quality control process for Good Manufacturing Practices compliance.
The trusted BSCG Certified CBD program answers key questions about CBD productswith science and application of a consistent ongoing testing regiment. For moreinformation about BSCG Certified CBD, contact your BSCG representative, call 1-800-920-6605 or email info@bscg.org.Visit the BSCG Certified CBD Program pages on the BSCG website.
BSCG Proud to Certify the Following CBD Products
BSCG is pleased to have recently certified CBD products from the following clients.Visit their websites for more information about these products—and consider adding your company’s products to this illustrious list!
Pure Sport Limited, for its products Pure Sport CBD –1000mg Muscle and Joint Balm, Pure Sport CBD –1500mg Capsules, 1500mg CBD Oil, and 3000mg CBDOil
fourfiveCBD, for its products fourfive CBD, CBD MuscleRub, CBD Joint Gel, and Pro CBD Oil with Vitamin D3(Peppermint Flavor)
Elixicure, forits products Elixicure Original (Lavender)and Elixicure Original (Wintergreen)
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