A new poll reveals that among U.S. cannabis consumers in states with legal sales, 91% plan to consume cannabis as part of holiday celebrations in 2021 and 76% plan to give cannabis or related products as gifts.

EAS Consulting Group has hired Maged Sharaf, Ph.D. as senior director, labeling, cannabis and claims consulting services. He will be responsible for managing and providing label review and claims substantiation consulting services for conventional foods, animal foods, dietary supplements and cosmetics. In addition, he will oversee client projects related to product detentions, NDI submissions and cannabis.

Space Food Sticks—the protein snacks that captured the public imagination in the 1970s—are back with a twist: THC.

Tokyo Smoke, an award-winning Canadian cannabis retailer, and Uber Canada have entered into an exclusive partnership to provide a new way to order cannabis in Ontario. Uber Eats has created a dedicated section on its digital marketplace for Tokyo Smoke's virtual stores.

To make it easier to get its taffies out of the packaging, Cheeba Chews developed a proprietary “swabbing station” that coats each blister with a food-grade glazing agent.

A report from Grand View Research said that the global cannabidiol market size was valued at US $2.8 billion in 2020 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 21.2% from 2021 to 2028.

Molson Coors Beverage Co has launched a beer-style cannabis beverage range in Canada that contains a THC and CBD blend. The launch is through Truss BeverageCo, the joint-venture Molson Coors set up with Canadian cannabis company Hexo Corp in 2018.