Feds order 6 companies to stop selling cannabis edibles that look like kids’ snacks

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The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Wednesday to six companies that sell cannabis products they say can be mistaken as snacks by children.

The Biden administration this week ordered six companies to stop their illegal sales of food products that contain cannabis and are dressed up to look like popular kids' snacks.

"Children are more vulnerable than adults to the effects of THC, with many who have been sickened and even hospitalized after eating ‘edibles’ containing it," said FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D."The products we are warning against intentionally mimic well-known snack food brands by using similar brand names, logos, or pictures on packaging, that consumers, especially children, may confuse with traditional snack foods.

 

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