On 3 November 2025, EFSA released its safety evaluation report on synthetic cannabidiol (CBD) as a novel food. According to the assessment conducted by EFSA’s expert panel, the safety of the NF synthetic CBD cannot be established.

As of September 30, 2025, according to the public information of the EU information retrieval platform Open EFSA, CIRS has conducted statistical analysis on the approval trends of Novel Food (hereinafter referred to as NF) in the EU in the third quarter of 2025.