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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) are moving to ban sales of the popular ‘wellness’ supplement CBD oil, which is derived from cannabis.

The number of people using the oil, which is sold legally on the High Street and online, is rising amid claims it helps with anxiety, insomnia, muscle and joint pain.

However, a decision by British and European food watchdogs to classify cannabidiol oil as a ‘novel food’ means it now needs to go through an approval process.

Lauren Ostridge reports.

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