New York City Department of Health To Prosecute F&B Establishments Selling CBD In Food & Drink

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The New York City Department of Health is planning to step up its campaign against restaurants that sell CBD-laced food and drinks by issuing violations “subject to fines” to companies that continue to offer the cannabis compound.

Starting Oct. 1, 2019, the health department will begin doling out infractions to food service establishments for offering food or drink containing cannabidiol, according to an email regulators sent to local business owners this week that was obtained and confirmed by CNBC. The regulators’ email to businesses said that in addition to fines the violations could affect a restaurant’s letter grade, but the department did not immediately confirm that part of the email to CNBC.

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Regulators are now planning to take the so-called embargo a step further. Starting July 1, the department will require restaurants to return the products to the supplier or throw them away, according to the email obtained by CNBC. The crackdown could threaten to slow — or paralyze — the fast-growing industry in the city. This comes in what was supposed to be a landmark year for the nascent cannabis industry.

Read more at https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/15/new-york-may-start-fining-restaurants-for-using-weed-related-cbd-.html

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