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The 2022 Shkreli Awards have been released! Each year, the Lown Institute passes out awards as a way of reporting on dysfunction in the US health care system. Dysfunction in healthcare is one of our foundational pillars here at Healthcare Triage, and these awards highlight some of the worst examples.

2022 Shkreli Awards

VIDEO: The 2022 Shkreli Awards, featuring guest hosts Dr. Uché Blackstock, CEO of Advancing Health Equity, and Amy Holden Jones, Executive Producer and Creator of Thre Resident.

JANUARY 10, 2023 — Welcome to the 6th annual Shkreli Awards, the Lown Institute’s top ten list of the worst examples of profiteering and dysfunction in healthcare, named for the infamous “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli.

Nominees for the Shkreli Awards are compiled by Lown Institute staff with input from readers of Lown Weekly. An esteemed panel of patient activists, clinicians, health policy experts, and journalists help determine the winners. (press release | previous winners)

#10

Dentist bags a bundle by breaking patients’ teeth

How did Wisconsin dentist Scott Charmoli go from fixing 434 crowns a year to more than 1,000? By purposely breaking patients’ teeth, according to federal prosecutors. Charmoli allegedly drilled into patients’ teeth unnecessarily and submitted photos of the damage to insurance companies to justify expensive procedures. This move elevated his salary by $1.1 million, according to the Washington Post. The scheme was uncovered when Charmoli sold his practice in 2019 and the new owners reviewed his files, noting the absurdly high rates of crown procedures. Charmoli was convicted of healthcare fraud and sentenced to 54 months imprisonment and over $1 million in fines.

SOURCE: Jonathan Edwards, The Washington Post; U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Talk about supplier-induced demand! Oy, pass the laughing gas.

#9

“Dangerous” doctor deemed a star by leadership despite disgraceful malpractice record

Image caption: A February 1999 advertisement for CMC’s New England Heart Institute in the Boston Globe, featuring Baribeau. Source: The Boston Globe

Leaders of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH knew their renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Yvon Baribeau had one of the worst malpractice records in the country. Yet they continued to support Baribeau, featuring him in hospital advertisements and allowing him to keep operating over the objections of other CMC doctors, the Boston Globe reported. Examples of Baribeau’s alleged harmful behavior include surgical errors that led one patient to require blood transfusions of nearly five times her blood volume, and keeping another patient whose chest cavity had turned “black and necrotic” on life support as a possible ploy to protect his surgical 30-day survival rate.

Throughout Baribeau’s career, he racked up 21 medical malpractice settlements, including 14 related to patient deaths. In a statement provided by his lawyer to the Globe, Baribeau said, “I performed over 10,000 procedures at CMC, always with patient safety as my first priority.”

SOURCE: Rebecca Ostriker, Deirdre Fernandes, Liz Kowalczyk, Jonathan Saltzman, and Patricia Wen, The Boston Globe

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

The protection of doctors who are known to be dangerous is a national scourge that must be exposed and ended.

When a hospital administration puts “heads in beds” ahead of patient safety, it should be called to account—and not just by the media.

#8

Medical labs bilk Medicare for $300 million in elaborate bribery scheme

Three laboratories in North Texas allegedly found a way to score $300 million in extra Medicare reimbursements, the Dallas Morning News reported. In collaboration with two marketing firms, they bribed physicians to order unnecessary drug tests and blood work, according to a federal indictment. Some physicians got as much as $400,000 in kickbacks. In one case, even a physician’s spouse got an illegal bonus. The founders of all three labs pleaded guilty to the fraud in April 2022.

SOURCE: Aria Jones, The Dallas Morning News

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Unnecessary tests and procedures are bankrupting us and harming patients. There is nowhere near enough coverage of this.

Unnecessary “care” is a huge part of the $1 trillion (that’s trillion-with-a-T) the US wastes in healthcare.

#7

Patients qualified for financial assistance; hospital sends them to debt collection instead

Nonprofit hospitals are required to provide financial assistance to low-income patients. Providence health system, however, did the opposite in many cases. Rather than ensuring that low-income patients received the financial assistance they were due, Providence hounded them to pay and sent debt collectors after them when they didn’t, according to a New York Times investigation. These actions were part of an official campaign to boost revenue called “Rev-Up” developed with help from corporate consultant McKinsey. The “Rev-Up” campaign directed employees to tell patients about financial assistance only as a last resort. The result: more than 55,000 patients were pursued by debt collectors when they should have been given a discount.

In response, a Providence spokesperson told the Times that they stopped sending Medicaid patients to debt collection, and said that they will issue refunds to about 760 patients eligible for assistance who were previously charged for their medical care.

*Note: The Lown Institute provided data to the New York Times about Providence Health System’s tax exemption for this piece.

SOURCE: Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas, New York Times

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Large consulting companies like McKinsey are hospitals’ accomplices in revenue maximization.

Catholic hospitals have come a long way since the nuns of the Sisters of Providence provided services to the poor.

#6

When smokers get sick, this tobacco company has the treatment

Philip Morris has spent 175 years selling products that cause heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other serious health problems. Now the tobacco giant is poised to make more money treating the very conditions it helped create by acquiring companies that develop inhaled therapeutics, according to a STAT News report.

Experts told STAT News they are concerned that Philip Morris could potentially use research on inhalation developed by these newly acquired companies to hook even more people on their products. But don’t worry—a representative from Philip Morris stated they have no plans to do so.

SOURCE: Olivia Goldhill, STAT News

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

When your corporation creates both the problem and the solution to it, you clearly care about one thing: finding and making profits by any means possible.

In the 1980s, the hospital I worked in still used machinery made and branded by Philip Morris to treat lung-cancer patients. This is NOT a novel abuse— it must be stopped.

#5

Pharma giant exploits bankruptcy loophole to avoid legal responsibility for cancer-causing product

Johnson & Johnson had known for decades that asbestos, a deadly carcinogen, could be contaminating their talc baby powder products but continued selling them anyway. Now J&J faces lawsuits from 40,000 cancer patients, many of them Black women, as J&J allegedly marketed its talc-based products specifically to this population. To avoid the lawsuits, J&J created a subsidiary company with all of the baby powder-related liabilities and then declared this shell company bankrupt, NPR reported. Despite this “bankruptcy,” J&J ranked in the top 50 of Fortune’s largest companies last year. The fate of J&J and the lawsuits await appeals. According to the J&J corporate attorney, the bankruptcy will benefit victims by producing a faster settlement.

SOURCE: Brian Mann, NPR; Casey Cep, The New Yorker

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Especially egregious because of delay in acknowledgement at the expense of patients

Big Pharma has become an evil conspiracy against public health.

#4

Hospice CEO allegedly tells employees to hasten patient death to avoid caps on government reimbursements

Bradley Harris, the CEO of Novus Hospice in Frisco, Texas, and a dozen other Novus employees were sentenced to a combined 84 years in prison for committing healthcare fraud, according to D Magazine. The US Department of Justice reported that Novus staff were provided with pre-signed prescription pads and directed to dispense powerful medications like morphine and hydrocodone to patients, without guidance or oversight from physicians.

According to an earlier FBI investigation reported by NBC Dallas, Harris allegedly told employees to dose patients with more than the maximum allowed amount of painkillers to hasten patient death, with the goal of reducing the average patient stay to avoid caps on government reimbursement. The FBI investigation revealed that a Novus employee was allegedly sent a text message by Harris, “You need to make this patient go bye-bye.” It is unclear whether any patients were actually given overdoses or died from Harris’ instructions.

SOURCES: Will Maddox, D Magazine; US Department of Justice

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

This behavior is abhorrent, cold and heartless

Individual and corporate greed, meet well intentioned yet perverse financial incentives.

#3

System keeps community hospital on life support to cash in on drug discount program meant to serve the poor

Image caption: Richmond Community Hospital.

The 340B drug program provides safety net hospitals with deep discounts on medications to ensure access to care for low-income patients. Richmond Community Hospital in Virginia, owned by Bon Secours Health System, has profited heavily off of this program, yet they don’t have an intensive care unit, maternity ward, or even a consistently-working MRI machine. That’s because Bon Secours has been diverting the profits from Richmond Community to its other hospitals in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods, according to a New York Times investigation. “Bon Secours was basically laundering money through this poor hospital to its wealthy outposts,” said a former Richmond ER doctor.

A spokeswoman for Bon Secours Mercy Health told the Times the hospital system spent $10 million on improvements to Richmond Community Hospital over the past decade. But that doesn’t seem like much considering the $108 million expansion at neighboring St. Francis Hospital, a nearby Bon Secours hospital.

*Note: The Lown Institute provided data to the New York Times about Providence Health System’s tax exemption for this piece.

SOURCE: Katie Thomas and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, The New York Times

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Skimming profits from the poor is the sleaziest kind of theft.

Care facilities are thin on the ground in low-income areas nationally, which makes this story even more painful.

#2

Private equity-backed firm runs rural hospitals into ground, leaves patients in unsafe conditions and employees without health insurance

When Noble Health, a private equity-backed startup, bought two rural hospitals in Missouri, residents hoped this might offer a lifeline to the struggling institutions. Instead, hospital employees faced shortages in supplies and drugs, leading to unsafe conditions for patients, Kaiser Health News reported. Noble Health also stopped paying for employees’ health insurance despite deducting money out of their paychecks that was supposed to be for premiums. Some staff members now face hundreds of thousands in medical bills because they did not know they were uninsured, according to Kaiser Health News. Noble Health closed the hospitals two years later, after taking $20 million in federal COVID relief funds. The company is currently under federal investigation.

SOURCE: Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Private equity too often puts profits over patients, and is using the proceeds to swallow up the US healthcare system.

Private equity corporations are one of the biggest threats to healthcare quality and justice.

#1

Insurers systematically overbill Medicare Advantage, siphoning billions of taxpayer money

The majority of large Medicare Advantage insurers have been accused of fraud or overbilling by the US government, a New York Times investigation finds. Overpayments to Medicare Advantage insurers were estimated to cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion in 2020. Because the Medicare Advantage program pays private insurers a set amount per patient based on their risk, there is an incentive for insurers to “mine” patients for diagnoses—for example, adding diagnoses for old or resolved conditions.

While Mark Hamelburg, an executive at AHIP, an industry trade group, said to the Times that some coding differences were due to doctors “look[ing] at the same medical record in different ways,” some of the diagnoses were clearly inaccurate. In one case, insurer Independent Health added a diagnosis for prostate cancer to a woman’s record, because “when a married couple has any disease, both were assigned to that disease,” Bloomberg reported.

Among the top 10 Medicare Advantage providers by market share, the following have been accused of fraud or overbilling by the US government or Inspector General and have ongoing lawsuits as of 2022, according to the Times: UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, Elevance Health, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Cigna, and Highmark. These insurers have disputed the claims.

SOURCE: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times; John Tozzi, Bloomberg

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

The overbilling of Medicare Advantage has become nothing but a big game that private insurers play. There are no rules, no morals, no sense of right or wrong.

The “advantage” in Medicare Advantage plans seems to go to the insurers who exploited Medicare for billions.

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Judges for Shkreli Awards

Carole Allen, MD, MBA, FAAP

Immediate Past President

Massachusetts Medical Society (follow)

Special advisor to the president of the Lown Institute and lecturer at the George Washington University School of Public Health (follow)

Director of the Centre for Health Policy at University of Melbourne and senior fellow at the Lown Institute (follow)

Professor and chair emeritus at Duke University School of Medicine (follow)

Chair of the Lown Institute board of directors, former CEO of Denver Health

Assistant professor, NYU School of Medicine (follow)

Associate professor at Yale School of Public Health (follow)

Creator and showrunner,

“The Resident” (follow)

President of Physicians for a National Health Program and retired internist at Cook County Hospital (follow)

President of the Minority Health Institute, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine, author of Blacks in Medicine (follow)

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Carrageenan

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Pectin

Gum

Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC)

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Grade Outlook:

Industrial Grade

Food Grade

Application Outlook:

Thickener

Binder

Emulsion Stabilizer

Film Former

Others

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·         Historical Years: 2017-2018

·         Base Year: 2019

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·         Forecast Period: 2020-2027

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1.      Global Cellulose Gum/CMC Market  Report Overview:  Research Scope Key Cellulose Gum/CMC Market  segments Major players Market analysis by product Market analysis by application Report timeline

2.      Global Growth Trends  Global Cellulose Gum/CMC Market  size Latest trends of the Cellulose Gum/CMC Market  by region Key growth trends

3.      Global Cellulose Gum/CMC Market  by Product Global Cellulose Gum/CMC Sales by Product Global Cellulose Gum/CMC by Product Revenue

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 13/5/2020

Good Morning #realdreamchasers! Here is your daily news cap Wednesday 13th May, 2020. There is a lot to read and digest so take your time. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS), Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Midweek Nation Newspaper (MWN).

WE DROPPED THE BALL ON E-LEARNING – The country has failed to capitalise on the opportunity presented 25 years ago to make a significant change to teaching methods, a retired principal has said. Jeff Broomes, the former principal of the Alexandra and Parkinson Memorial Secondary Schools looked back to the EDUTECH programme spearheaded by Prime Minister Mia Mottley when she was education minister in the Owen Arthur administration. Broomes told the CBC Television programme, The People’s Business: “’I was one of the fortunate people who benefited from the Education Sector Enhancement Programme (EDUTECH) in the 1990s when our current Prime Minister Mia Mottley was Minister of Education, but successive ministers have ‘dropped the ball’. “Everything we are trying to do now was suggested back then. In 1995 we were pushing the notion of infusing technology into instruction and assessment, but this has fallen along the wayside too. If we had done this back then we would not have these problems now.” Also appearing on the programme, Principal of the Daryll Jordan Secondary School Stephen Jackman noted that some of the island’s secondary schools had been using the Google Suite for Education for at least four years now, starting with the Ellerslie Secondary School in 2016. In the case of his St Lucy school, Jackman said: “Since the 2017-2018 academic year, my exam forms have been using it for extra classes and assignments. And when I joined that school in 1999, I got training and I have tried since then to bring more technology into lessons. “The problem with technology is that it becomes obsolete, so you need to do training and retraining, and I had to create timetables for teachers to be trained in the technology. And I have found once teachers are comfortable with the technology, they will use it.” Broomes also suggested using locally developed online teaching methods rather than using software from overseas markets which may not be relevant to our situation. Again referring to his experience with the Edutech venture, he said: “Douglas Corbin, who was the Principal of Ellerslie at the time, and some of the other principals developed a programme that worked well, but the ministry insisted that we use something else. “I supported what we were doing since it was a homegrown programme, and Mr Corbin was one phone call away if we encountered any issues. Too often we train people to copy things from other places, but we should have a project to develop our own solutions here. “The COVID-19 environment has highlighted two significant problems in education. It shows clearly that equality has not always been there. There are children who have access, but some don’t even have electricity, some do not know the computers well enough, and some lack parental supervision as parents have challenges as well. I also believe that since there are more radios in homes than computers, we can look at utilising that, let’s call it “radio school” to help others along the way because the computer cannot do it all.” Jackman concurred that there were inequalities in the education system, noting the Ministry of Education was working on radio and television programmes and that such material was on the ministry’s radio station on 91.3 FM. He also stressed that children were familiar with social media but did not know enough about other aspects of computer use. He said: “Some say the current generation are digital natives, but I would prefer to say they are social media natives because now they have to use the same devices to fill out a form it is proving challenging. “There is a shortfall in terms of accessibility to devices but I am glad to see the ministry is working to correct this.” “There are many factors that go into preparing a lesson to be delivered online,” said panellist Ian Marshall, Lecturer in Educational Leadership at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, as he emphasised that the online teaching process is more complex than at first glance. “It is not only about pedagogy, which is reformulating an entire course to ensure assessment is included, the teaching tools, the support you will need in the online environment.” Marshall noted that examinations at UWI Cave Hill have begun online and that the pandemic has been a learning experience for the university. He said: “When the new semester starts in August, all that we have done in this time of COVID-19 will help us to work towards new ways of doing things, whether we offer courses online-only, classroom only or a mixture of online and classroom instruction. Lots of universities are already online around the world with blended and online programmes and these are available here. There were challenges, but when our students complete their exams this year they will have legitimate certificates.” (BT)

JAMAICA NOT COMMITTED TO CXC - The Jamaica government says it does not support the decision by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Education that regional students will sit the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in July. The COHSOD meeting last week, which was held virtually and chaired by the Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Education, Michael Browne, said that the CXC would be setting exams for students in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). But Minister with responsibility for Education, Karl Samuda, told a news conference on Monday night that Kingston could not endorse the COHSOD decision owing to the impact that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has had on the education sector locally. “The challenges are much greater [in Jamaica] and we don’t feel that we could make a commitment to hold those exams in July under the circumstances. “We are examining very carefully all our options and what possibilities exist for us to give our students the best opportunity to engage the process having come out of a very challenging few months,” Samuda said, noting that the Cabinet will soon outline a position on the matter. Acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr Grace McLean, who represented Samuda at the COHSOD meeting, told the ministers that Jamaica could not rubber-stamp the position. “Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago registered concerns regarding the decisions in relation to the date and modification of the CXC examinations, however, the CXC indicated that further bilateral discussions in relation to special considerations could be explored. The Caribbean Union of Teachers also raised concerns regarding the health and safety of stakeholders,” according to the statement issued following the COHSOD meeting. Schools here have been closed since March 13 and will not reopen until September. A statement issued after the COHSOD meeting noted that the regional education ministers also agreed to have examinations administered via an e-Testing modality in countries that are equipped with the requisite infrastructure. However, where there were infrastructure challenges, candidates would be allowed to sit paper-based examinations. The statement noted that the CXC, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI), presented another proposal at the meeting in relation to requirements for CAPE applicants for 2020 admission. (CMC)

CRUISE SHIPS MAY BE DAMAGING REEFS – Preliminary investigations indicate some damage may have been done to Barbados’ coral reefs by the cruise ships which are being given safe haven during the COVID-19 crisis.

However, as Government awaits a final report from the Coastal Zone Management Unit on the findings of the divers who carried out the reef investigations, Minister of Maritime Affairs Kirk Humphrey said in the interim he had “spoken to the principals of the major cruise lines about the possibility of damage to the reef and we have agreed to proceed in a spirit of partnership to address any concerns.” Humphrey told the NATION yesterday the ships were anchored “at strategic points across the island after consultation with the Bridgetown Port and Coastal Zone Management.” He added at one point there were as many as 15 ships anchored in Barbados’ waters and pointed out they were continuously monitored by the Coast Guard “to ensure the ships were in the locations assigned.” (MWN)

PDP GROWTH PLAN A MUST –GOVERNMENT’S $2 BILLION stimulus package will amount to nothing more than papering over cracks, unless the Mia Amor Mottley-led administration can come up with a diversified growth plan for the short- to medium-term. This is the view of the Opposition People’s Party for Democracy and Development (PDP), whose spokesperson on economic matters, Bruce Hennis, contends that the Central Bank’s first-quarter report for 2020, showed an economy in decline before the impact of COVID-19 had set in. He referenced the fact that the report delivered by Central Bank Governor, Cleviston Haynes, revealed that the tourism sector had fallen by 17.9 per cent in long-stay visitors while cruise passengers declined by 11.5 per cent. “One of the most critical parts of the Central Bank Governor’s review of the economy of Barbados for the first quarter of 2020, is that the economy has declined by 3.0 per cent during the first three months of the year. Of great importance is that before there was any adverse impact from the COVID-19 virus, the island’s economy was still performing poorly,” said Hennis, noting that 2018 ended with 0.4 per cent decline while 2019 was just 0.1 per cent. (MWN)

FRONTLINE COVER – Healthcare workers in Barbados and across the region are set to benefit from Sagicor’s Healthcare Heroes Group Insurance Plan. The life insurance plan was launched today to coincide with International Nurses’ Day, and was announced by president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Sagicor Life Inc. Ravi Rambarran during a virtual press conference. The three-tiered plan will cater specifically to medical professionals including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, orderlies, dentists, administrative staff and their families. While describing those health care workers working during the COVID-19 pandemic as “super heroes”, Rambarran said additional plans would be rolled out for other frontline workers. Level 1 of the plan will pay $250,000 on death including accidental death and $100,000 on diagnosis of a critical illness. Level 2 will pay $500,000 on death and $150,000 on diagnosis of critical illness while Level 3 will pay $1 million on death and $300, 000 on diagnosis of critical illness. It includes 20 per cent of complementary cover at all levels. The monthly premium range from $95 to $340 per month. Those critical illnesses covered by the plan are cancer, heart attacks, strokes, coronary artery bypass, multiple sclerosis, deafness, kidney failure, organ transfer, paralysis and blindness. “The COVID-19 virus has reinforced how dependent we are on each other. We recognize that heroes don’t just exist in movies but live with us. Our heroes are on the frontline and include those in the healthcare, food, transportation, sanitation and protective services,” Rambarran noted. “We believe that consistent with our vision of improving the lives of the community in which we operate, it is our duty to recognize our heroes… Our heroes are our people. We are one and we are honoured to serve them as they serve us. They have sacrificed to keep our communities safe and we are honoured to be here for them.” He explained that the sole requirement to join is to be actively at work and for those over age 65, a statement of good health. Rambarran, however, explained that persons with pre-existing conditions would not be able to claim under the critical illness for those conditions but can claim for any of the other illnesses on diagnosis. The CEO said health care workers in the Caribbean were underinsured. “We expect a significant takeoff simply because our analysis has shown that the Caribbean is significantly underinsured and significantly under pensioned. At a time like this there are many competing demands on our various Governments who are in their own way trying to assist. “So what we are saying is that we are all in this together and so as a private sector entity we are saying that we also have to be part of the solution,” Rambarran said. (BT)

QEH PROTECTING WIDER PUBLIC –A case of doing what is best for the majority under unprecedented circumstances. This is the position management of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in the face of criticism over the state facility’s surgical provisions for COVID-19 patients.= Speaking on behalf of 11 other surgeons on Monday, General Surgeon Dr Maurice Waldron, raised concerns that the QEH operating theatres were not retrofitted with negative room pressure, which would contain viruses within that confined space. Additionally, he expressed concern that the operating theatre at the Enmore Isolation Facility, though equipped with the requisite system, did not have the ancillary support structure on hand for speedy response in case of complications. (MWN)

SOME NAB STAFF RETURN TO WORK - Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Cynthia Forde, this morning welcomed some staff members of the National Assistance Board back to headquarters after they left quarantine for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with “clean bills of health”. While thanking the NAB staff for their contribution to society, she warned the public against stigmatising them. Forde also reminded everyone to be on their guard in relation to COVID-19. A media release from Government said the staff members, who returned today, are those who tested negative for the viral illness and were in quarantine for 14 days at hotels, along with the members of their households. The seven staff members who tested positive remain on sick leave. Six of them have been released from isolation after two consecutive negative tests for COVID-19. They are continuing their recovery at home. One person remains in isolation. Forde noted that the experience had been a traumatic one for the staff, and warned the public against stigmatising them.  “And so I want the rest of Barbados and the world to know how much we value the contribution of these hardworking, dedicated members of staff here, who do not only look after their own families, but they go out into the trenches and into the households and communities across the length and breadth of Barbados to be able to bring service and care, particularly to our elderly folk.” She said the NAB served more than 1 100 clients, and included within its senior citizens’ clientele are 200 people who are entirely dependent on its services because there are no family members or other support systems to care for them. Forde praised “the strength, the resilience and the camaraderie” of the staff, and commended healthcare workers who ensured that they received the quality care necessary to enable them to return to work. On another note, the minister said six former members of the St Thomas community in which she grew up had lost their lives to COVID-19 in the United States.  “We grew up together; we worked together; we worshipped together and so I want to advise all Barbadians do not let your guard down. Whether it be on the street, in the buses or whatever form of transport you’re using, whether you are going around in the workplace, take nothing for granted.” (BGIS)

WORKING TO FIX DELAYS –Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Transport Board Fabian Wharton said on May 12 that while the board is working to meet the needs of the public, delays can be expected. He said this is as a result of restrictions imposed by Government to limit the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A media release said: “As the phased reopening of businesses and the public sector continues, CEO of the Transport Board Fabian Wharton is today reminding the public of strict guidelines as it relates to commuting. “With more people beginning to report to work, we expect to see incremental increases in ridership.”  He added: “We are still in the midst of a public health emergency, and, in accordance with the curfew directive, we are reminding persons that it is compulsory for all passengers to wear face masks when riding the buses.” In relation to commuters’ concerns about the reduced capacity, Wharton said: “We are aware as a result of the passenger limit commuters were unable to board buses at our terminals or on the routes. Given the size of our fleet and the restrictions under which we operate, commuters should expect some delays. Our operations team is working to add additional services on the shorter routes which in turn will have a positive effect on the longer routes.” Using Bathsheba as an example, he explained: “By deploying a Horse Hill service, which is a shorter service, about 15 to 20 minutes ahead of the Bathsheba service, which is a longer route, we will help increase capacity on the longer route. We will continue to use this measure particularly on our long haul services during peak times.” He commended the work of Transport Board staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wharton also thanked members of the public for promptly reporting non-compliance of some Transport Board operators. “I want to reiterate that these actions are in serious breach of the Transport Board’s code of conduct and I want to assure the public that in each instance there will be a thorough investigation and the appropriate actions taken.”(MWN)

COWS ARRIVE AT AIRPORT – Barbados’ milk production is in for a major boost with the importation of 159 pregnant heifers from the United States. The cows, which are part of a multi-million dollar project between the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) and the Barbados Beef and Dairy Producers Association, facilitated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) today. The animals which arrived on two flights imported from Strickland Ranch and Export Inc, were checked by vets and have gone into quarantine. BAS Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Paul told members of the media that the importation of the cows was a must since the country’s milk production is not where it should be due to shrinking herd. Paul said the current national milk output stands at about 2 million kilograms, which is way below what is required and normally produced. “We within the BAS are making a special effort to work with the farmers to see if we can improve on milk production. The last one we did jointly was in 2016. “We recognise that to get an increase it takes over two years to get cows up to where they should be. Over 159 animals will be coming in today, and we are hoping to see as a result of that, an increase in milk production acknowledging the fact that there will always be threats of imports,” Paul said. The CEO explained that four farmers will benefit from the project funded through a loan of close to $1.3 million from the Republic Bank of Canada and a contribution from Pine Hill Dairy. Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir said despite the COVID-19 pandemic his ministry has been working with stakeholders to move agriculture forward. Weir commended the BAS for working with dairy farmers to reach this critical juncture in the effort to improve milk production. The Minister pledged Government’s support and commitment to working with the farmers to help them mitigate the drought conditions since the production of milk depends on a good water supply. “With these 84 heifers coming in now and another 75 tonight, all in calf, we should be able then to at least increase above 20 per cent to be able then to see the ramp up in production. I want to state that I have met with the dairy farmers and they have all shared their concerns with me and there are a couple of things that we can’t get away from at this moment. “We are in extreme drought conditions and therefore we would want to make sure that we do everything possible that these heifers, when in quarantine, are in the best of condition so that we would not lose any of the potential births,” Weir said. Once again, Weir made a call to Barbadians to become involved in projects to help grow the agricultural sector. “There are options available in dairy farming and we can now look to dairy farming to increase the production of yogurts and cheeses. And equally we can also look to dairy farming where we can produce more flavoured milk for consumption in Barbados. “There is a lot of potential available to us. It is a question of how we go forward using it. I want to say to all Barbadians that the ministry is here to facilitate them but I want to see more projects coming forward as well. Because the more projects we have, the faster we will get the growth rate going,” Weir said. (BT)

JAMAICAN UWI STUDENTS PLEA FOR PASSAGE HOME – Over two dozen Jamaican students running low on money and supplies are feeling like forgotten citizens as they plead with authorities in Kingston to assist them in a last-ditch effort to get home. The 26 students, whose return tickets on Caribbean Airlines were cancelled due to national shutdowns, are also hoping that flights bound for Bridgetown and Kingston to repatriate stranded Trinidadian students could assist in taking them home as well. Failing that, the struggling students are hoping the Andrew Holness administration will assist them with a US$37,000 (US $1400 per student) return charter to the land of wood and water on a private regional carrier. Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Bridgetown, Ella Hoyos has however given no indication that Kingston is willing to foot the bill. Instead, she insisted that Caribbean Airlines has not been making arrangements to fulfill their contractual obligations to the paying customers. President of the Guild of Students Thacher Loutin – who has been speaking on the students’ behalf told Barbados TODAY she had exhausted all reasonable effort to secure assistance or representation from officials in Kingston, whose citizens are facing severe hardship. “We have not been hearing anything from the Jamaican government and we don’t feel as though they care about us on this side. They are bringing in people from the United States and from all over, but yet still, they forgot about the stranded Jamaicans that are in Barbados,” the dejected Jamaican disclosed. “We watched as the Bahamian Government sent for their students. Trinidad now is making plans to take in their students and to go for the students in Jamaica, but here we are, 50 minutes from Trinidad and we cannot get home,” Loutin added. Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security Minister Stuart Young on Monday revealed that students in Jamaica and Barbados would be allowed to enter the southern Caribbean country’s ‘closed borders’ aboard a special Caribbean Airlines flight. An exhausted Loutin even hopes the Mia Mottley administration would alert Jamaican authorities of their need to intervene on their behalf. “It doesn’t make any sense if a Caribbean Airlines flight leaving from Trinidad to pick up the Trinidadian students at UWI Mona and students in Jamaica and leaving us here. We want to go on that flight or as soon as possible. The stranded including those who aren’t students need to go home… We are just two hours away from Jamaica. They need to show some care for citizens in the Caribbean countries who need to come home as well,” she implored. When asked to comment on the situation, the Honorary Consul told Barbados TODAY her office has reached out to as many Jamaicans as possible and is actively providing assistance with accommodation arrangements for persons in need. Hoyos would make no comment on Jamaica’s willingness to subsidise the over US$30,000 for the charter flight on Fly One Caribbean airline. Instead, the Honorary Consul is seeking answers from Caribbean Airlines officials, which has not refunded the students’ cancelled tickets and is making little effort to repatriate them. “They just continue to confirm for me that Trinidad’s borders remain closed until the end of June and I have been informing them that that is not feasible for people who are at the end of their resources and have no accommodation or basic supplies. They are placing the students in a very precarious position, and I have conveyed that to Caribbean Airlines and I have asked what they are willing to do,” Hoyos revealed. “Are they willing to buy a ticket to bring them home? Are they willing to refund them the unused portion of their ticket so they can go home? But I have heard nothing,” she added. Loutin meanwhile indicated that numerous other Jamaicans unable to reach authorities for assistance have been turning to her for representation. Among them is one woman, who told Barbados TODAY that she arrived weeks ago for an interview in the pursuit of a management position at a local hotel and has been stuck ever since Caribbean Airlines grounded its flights in mid-March. Unable to pay an ever-increasing Airbnb accommodation bill, the longtime hospitality worker fears she will soon have nowhere to go with numerous emails and telephone calls to officials in Barbados and Jamaica going unanswered. “I don’t feel like they really care about us and they are saying ‘you can die if you want’. Even though we have no food or anywhere to stay you are on your own. That is how we feel right now,” she explained. The “abandoned” Jamaicans have already filled out online immigration forms requesting a June 15 date of return, which would allow students to complete their exams instead of having to do so from Jamaica’s quarantine facilities. (BT)

VIRGIN BACK MID-YEAR – A major airline in Barbados’ main source of tourists could be coming back to Bridgetown in a matter of months, the carrier said today. As countries start to lift travel restrictions and demand for travel gradually begins to return, Virgin Atlantic said it expects to increase flights in the second half of the year, with a further, gradual recovery through 2021. In a press release where Virgin Atlantic confirmed its Caribbean schedule to London Heathrow, using the main London airport to allow seamless connections to the rest of the Virgin network. When flying resumes “post COVID-19”, Barbados will be joined by Antigua, Tobago, Grenada, Havana and Montego Bay services out of Heathrow, the airline said. The release also indicated that Barbados services will continue to operate from Manchester, Virgin Atlantic’s home in the north of England. Yuli Thompson, Vice President, North America and International at Virgin Atlantic said the airline’s commitment to serving the Caribbean remains strong for all customers, including holidaymakers and visiting friends and relatives. “Our Summer 2021 flying programme from London Heathrow ensures a seamless flying experience in either direction, combined with a significant choice of onward connections beyond London Heathrow,”  Thompson said. Virgin’s Chief Commercial Officer Juha Jarvinen said that the COVID-19 crisis gave the airline time to examine its efficiency of schedule. He said: “We have taken the opportunity to pause, reflect and reshape our 2021 flying programme looking at efficiencies in our fleet and connectivity across our network, to ensure it is fit for the future, flying to destinations we know our customers love. “We’re delighted that our popular Tel Aviv service, which launched September 2019, will now increase to double daily, whilst regional flying from Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast will continue to play an important part in offering choice to customers and connecting UK travellers to Orlando, Barbados, New York and Los Angeles.” Virgin Atlantic said it will fly wide-body jets, including the Airbus A330-300s, A330-200s and A350-1000s and Boeing 787-9s before they are retired in early 2022. The carrier announced it has stopped flying its iconic original ‘jumbo jets’, the seven Boeing 747-400. It has promised a “simplified, greener fleet” of 36 two-engine jet aircraft in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated further ten per cent, building on the 18 per cent efficiency it said it already achieved between 2007 and 2019. (BT)

MAYERS: PSC BEST TO CLEAR UP ISSUE  - Former Chairman of the Police Service Commission Guyson Mayers has weighed in on the contentious appointment of a second Deputy Commissioner of Police. Mayers, who presided over a commission that was taken to court regarding appointments and saw the departure of Police Commissioner Darwin Dottin, said today that persons who are adversely affected by questionable decisions must be prepared to defend themselves. While not identifying Oral Williams who was appointed as the second deputy in contravention of the Police Act, Mayers noted that the matter needed clarity. Currently, Erwin Boyce also serves as Deputy Commissioner of Police. “Others have already spoken eloquently on the legality of appointment to a nonexistent post. Persons who are adversely affected by questionable decisions must be prepared to defend themselves. Although I might have missed it, I am sure that the post was advertised and applications considered after interview as is required by the Public Service Act,” he stated. “I am relieved to hear that the relevant Commission [Protective Services Commission] intends to speak to this matter. That is the best entity to clear up the issue,” Mayers told Barbados TODAY this evening. In a more conciIiatory tone, Mayers, a former police officer, acknowledged his long association with the Royal Barbados Police Force, saying he wished the organisation well. “I would wish to do nothing to take that organisation back to the days of divided administration and loyalties,” he said. The force was embroiled in litigation by police officers against being left off a promotion list and also faced challenges by Dottin against his removal from office. Mayers, an attorney-at-law however went on to question the impact the appointment of Williams would have on the smooth operations of the force. “I do not know how much thought went into the idea of having two Deputy Commissioners of Police and how it may affect the smooth running of the force. I do not know whether administrative continuity was considered, in light of the similar ages of the new Deputy and the current Commissioner. Speculation is rife as to whether there is a larger plan afoot and observers are anticipating contractual arrangements. I would not wish to add to that speculation,” the former Police Service Commission head declared. (BT)

BAIL FOR SHOPSMART THEFT ACCUSED - Four former Shopsmart employees charged with stealing thousands of dollars worth of company merchandise in a scheme that reportedly stretched back to January 2018 were granted $10,000 bail today. The $50,407 in goods allegedly stolen between January 1, 2018 and April this year, included bottled water, sausages, sanitary napkins, corned beef, juices, milk, shampoo, toothpaste and cat food. The lone female among the accused, warehouse assistant/driver Alicia Shontelle Watson, 38, of Orange Hill, St James is jointly charged with three former coworkers – forklift driver Dane Larry Oneal Gibbons, 41, of Clevedale Road, Black Rock, St Michael; technician Stephan Orlando Lashley, 30, of Yearwood Road, Black Rock, St Michael; and driver/porter Andre Ricardo Catline, 30, of Block 1E Division Drive, Eden Lodge, St Michael. They were not required to plead to the indictable charges when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes in the District ‘D’ Magistrates’ Court this morning. The accused are also facing separate theft charges, but were similarly not required to enter pleas to the offences which were alleged to have occurred in the District ‘E’ jurisdiction. These charges are also connected to the same business. Catline is accused of stealing a $1,699 television; Gibbons, a $999 freezer and two packs of chicken worth $27.98 and Lashley a $399 television, 13 alcohol beverages worth $38.02, four cans of soda worth $6.20 and 24 rolls of toilet paper worth $27.98. Watson has been charged with stealing two televisions worth $538, four juices, milk, six barbeque sauces, 24 boosters and two boxes of sanitary napkins totalling $906.97. The accused were granted bail after their attorneys and the prosecutor made submissions before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes. Sergeant Theodore McClean urged the  District ‘D’ Magistrates’ Court to rule against bail based on the nature and seriousness of the offence, the need to protect society including business owners and in light of the breach of trust placed in them. He argued that while none of the four was known to the law courts “they have started on the pretty high end of the scale”. McClean added: “Even though counsel may say they are mere allegations, these are serious allegations for people who are not known. In this environment there is a need to protect employers who stand to lose their investments from such behaviour.” But defence counsel Alvan Babb who represented Watson, charged that most of the objections of the prosecutor do not fall under the Bail Act. He said the only ground of objection which held any weight was the nature and seriousness of the offence but he argued that alone ought not to prevent his client from being considered for bail.“The charges are offences against property, as it relates to items so the need to protect society ought not to be considered on the application of bail. “There are thousands of business owners in this country. If everybody who came on a charge against a business owner is denied bail then Dodds would be full, ten times over. It is a mere allegation and to ask the court to deny bail on the ground of a breach of trust is to say that they have breached that trust,” Babb told the Chief Magistrate. He further submitted that in these Covid-19 times the risk of remanding persons to prison should be taken into consideration. The lawyer said his client was a mother of minor children and came before the court with “clean hands, a clean slate, had no previous convictions” and was willing to adhere to any conditions to bail. Attorney Neville Reid represented Lashley in association with counsel Shadia Simpson. Reid stated that the prosecution did not touch on one of the single fundamentals of bails which was whether an accused would attend court if given their pretrial liberty. “I have not heard the prosecution say one-word to suggest otherwise. Bail is a right.” Reid also urged the court not to “blur the lines” between bail and sentencing as that was exactly what the prosecution was doing when it put forward the breach of trust submission. “That can only be established, breach of trust, after you have heard the evidence,” he said. The attorney further stated that unless there was “a miracle” the accused had already lost their jobs and as such the need to protect society submission should be discarded. His client, he said, was before the court for the first time and at this time the charge against him was “still a mere allegation” and he was to be considered innocent until proven otherwise. Accused Catline who had worked for Shopsmarts for the past six years was represented by attorney Glenroy Goddard and was put forward as an “ideal” candidate for bail as he was not known to the court and was the sole breadwinner for his family. Defense counsel Derek Boyce represented Gibbons. He too submitted that his client had been a model employee having worked for the company for 14 years. The accused, he said, was a good candidate for bail as he had no prior convictions and would abide by any bail conditions from the court. Taking all the submissions from the defence and the prosecution into consideration Chief Magistrate Weekes granted the accused $10,000 bail each which they secured with one surety. They will make their next appearance in the District ‘E’ Holetown Magistrates’ Court on May 26. In the mean time they are each on a daily 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, which is separate to the Government-imposed curfew. (BT)

HINDS ACCUSED OF HANDLING STOLEN SHOPSMART MERCHANDISE – Self employed man Winston Ricardo Hinds was granted $10,000 bail today when he appeared in court on a single count of handling stolen property belonging to Shopsmart Incorporated. The 62-year-old, of Dr Kerr land, Hindsbury Road, St Michael is accused that between April 29 and May 3 he participated in the disposal of $85,720.75 in merchandise for his benefit or assisted in the retention of certain stolen goods. Among the items were 179 cases of bottled water, 38 cases of sausages, 17 cases of juices, 31 cases of mackerel, 21 cases of sardines, eight cases of simple syrup, 14 cases of ensure, 13 cases of corn beef, three cases of tuna, 15 cases of evaporated milk, 46 cases chocolate milk; 78 blocks of cheese; 11 mouse traps; one box of engine degreaser; 35 bottles of shampoo; 241 tins of franks; 18 bales of paper towel tissue as well as 50 boxes of bleach, two boxes of rum punch, 310 boxes of tooth paste, three boxes of cat food, three boxes panty liners, six boxes of sanitary napkins and 130 bars of soap belonging to Shopsmart Incorporated. Hinds was not required to plead to the charge before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes when he appeared with his attorney-at-law Rita Evans today in the District ‘D’ Magistrates’ Court. With no objections from prosecutor Sergeant Theodore McClean, the accused secured bail with one surety. Hind has however been placed on a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily curfew and his next appearance will be in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on June 9. (BT)

NEBLETT REMANDED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES – A burglary allegation and two other offences have resulted in a 56-year-old well-known offender being hauled before the law court today and subsequently being remanded to Dodds for 28 days. Pleas for bail during his submissions were not enough for Robert Ricardo Neblett, of 2nd Thomas Gap, President Kennedy Drive, St Michael to return home pending trial. A painter by trade Neblett is accused of breaching the national curfew directive on April 20 when he allegedly remained outdoors at 8:30 p.m. without a reasonable explanation. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and that of damaging a motorcar belonging to Fitzgerald Bailey without lawful excuse on the same day. Neblett also denied an allegation that he entered the residence of Erskine Cumberbatch as a trespasser between May 4 and 5 and stole four rims worth $240 and three tyres worth $150. Sergeant Theodore McClean objected to bail based on the seriousness of the charges as well as the fact that the accused had 63 convictions — 32 of them for burglary and one for criminal damage. The prosecutor said there were fears that the accused would re-offend if granted bail at this time as there was a need to protect society and also to protect the accused. Neblett was quick to point out that he had not found himself in any trouble with the law since his last offence in 2016. “The convictions is my past. All those offences was when I was a young boy. That is the past Mr Weekes, I don’t get into trouble,” the accused submitted in his application for bail. But Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes pointed out to the accused that his name had been called three times in the space of two months. “I begging for bail, please. Please for bail,” responded Neblett who instead received remand and a June 8 reappearance date. (BT)

NEW CARE: MORE QUESTIONS - A 31-year-old man, the latest COVID-19-positive case, now joins a “handful” of individuals being investigated by the Ministry of Health amid speculation that the epidemic may have evolved to community spread. The man had no recent travel history nor can he be linked to any known contacts, the ministry said in a statement. His was the only positive result among 177 returned by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. Chief Medical Officer Dr Anton Best revealed on Voice of Barbados radio that four COVID-19 cases are under investigation. Noting that the majority of the island’s 85 cases were imported and were largely identified through contact tracing, he said authorities are still analysing the source of infection of a “handful” of cases. Dr Best said: “We do have a handful of [cases] that are being investigated but at this point, we do have at the very least, a plausible epidemiological link to explain how those persons would have acquired COVID-19. So we don’t have any cases not accounted for, but you would appreciate that the contact tracing process could take a few hours and in some cases, it could take many weeks.  But we are constantly investigating and many times we don’t make a conclusion until we have all the facts, until we have exhausted all the possibilities.” But as the number of new infections trends downwards, Dr Best again cautioned that the island was not out of the woods. He urged Barbadians to firmly adhere to physical distancing, proper hand hygiene and the wearing of a mask. He also hinted that the island could soon see a further ease in restrictions following another round of upcoming consultations involving the Emergency Operations Centre, the Cabinet Sub-committee and the Social Partnership. But he declined to disclose details Dr Best said: “I am not at liberty to say what they will be at that time. What I can is that the Ministry of Health will play a role in terms of advising what the landscape is in terms of the epidemiology and we will make specific recommendations. “We don’t foresee a scenario where we will get back to where we were four months ago, but certainly we will be gradually returning to a sense of normalcy. We will make incremental recommendations. “It will all be in the context of what is happening in terms of the epidemic in Barbados.” (BT)

NATIONAL INSURANCE OFFICE CASHIER NOTICE - The National Insurance Office (NIO) will open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., while cashiers will close at 1:30 p.m., until Friday, May 15. Accounts, Collections and the front desk of Customer Service are the sections which will assist the public, according to a media release. However, there will be continued online and drop box facilities to limit physical interaction with the public to queries, cheque cashing, contribution payments, cheque collection and the drop-off of forms, which the NIS has been offering for more than a month as an essential service of Government. People are advised to wear cloth face masks. The statement said that in keeping with the coronavirus (COVID-19) physical distancing protocols, people are asked to queue in an orderly manner, both outside and inside the National Insurance Office, keeping a safe distance of six feet behind the person in front of them. (BGIS)

The world is facing the rapid spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. As we continue to do our part in Barbados please remember to stay home but on the days you have to go out wear your masks, practice social distancing (stand 6-10 feet away from each other), practice good daily hygiene, eat healthy, exercise and keep your mind active. There are 233 days left in the year Shalom!  Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram for your daily news. #thechasefiles #dailynewscaps #bajannewscaps #newsinanutshell #coronavirusinbarbados #nationalresponse #dailynews #thechasefilesblog 

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FSA Announces Novel Food Guidelines for UK CBD Businesses

Over a year after the European Commission announced CBD’s classification as a Novel Food, the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed a new deadline for UK CBD businesses to comply with Novel Food regulation.

  Sheffield, UK, April 2020 – Over a year after the European Commission announced CBD’s classification as a Novel Food, the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed a new deadline for UK CBD businesses to comply with Novel Food regulation.

  Food and drinks businesses that incorporate cannabidiol in their products have been told to reach compliance by March 31st 2021. Businesses that have not been granted approval by this date will face their products being removed from shelves.

  Until this time, companies can continue to sell their existing products, provided they are not incorrectly labelled. However, the FSA has stated that “no new CBD extracts or isolates should be sold until they have the necessary authorisation.”

  The Novel Food application deadline applies to all CBD businesses based and operating in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Applications in Scotland will be processed by Food Standards Scotland.

  CBD in the UK

  The CBD market in the UK (and the rest of the world) has rocketed over the last few years. Last June, the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) reported that up to 6 million people in the UK had tried a product containing the Cannabis derivative. CBD products have continued to grow in popularity in the UK despite January 2019’s Novel Food classification casting some uncertainty over the industry,

  However, the industry has earned its fair share of criticism following the publication of the CMC’s ‘CBD in the UK‘. The report found that a significant proportion of CBD markets on the market were incorrectly labelled – in some cases containing levels of ingredients that would technically make them illegal.

  There have been a series of calls from various bodies to improve regulation on the industry to increase transparency and reliability. The CMC even launched its own cannabinoid regulatory body – the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI).

  Dr. Andy Yates, Pharmacy Lead at the ACI, claimed:

  “The FSA have today provided us with the regulatory clarity that the industry and consumers have been crying out for.”

  The Food Standards Agency has also provided a collection of guidelines for CBD companies to incorporate into their product labelling. This included recommended dosages for healthy individuals, and warnings against use for pregnant, breastfeeding or taking medications.

  UK CBD businesses are reminded that FSA authorisation of their products “is the only route to compliance for these CBD products” under Novel Food regulation.

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  We are Canex – the leading UK-based portal for CBD news. With the CBD industry exploding all around the world, we aim to bring you everything you need to know – from both home and abroad. The CBD industry has become one of the fastest growing health and wellness industries in recent years. We provide the most up-to-date information about the industry, in order to keep the general public well-educated in line with this growth.

  From product news, reviews and guides; to legislation changes, industry updates and guides through the ongoing studies of the substance, Canex has it covered.

  Here in the UK, the Cannabidiol industry is on the point of significant change, with calls coming from independent agencies for regulatory reform. Canex brings you all the information you need to know to the same place, making it easier to keep up to date than ever before.