Is THC legal in Germany?

Situación formal

Recreational cannabis is legal in Germany since April 2024, up to 25g in public and three plants grown at home, supplied through non-profit cultivation clubs rather than shops. Medical cannabis is well established, prescribable by any doctor and dispensed in pharmacies. Food supplements sit under separate rules: Germany sets no THC percentage for food and assesses each product against the acute reference dose of 1 microgram per kilogram of body weight per day.

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Germany measures THC differently from most countries - not as a percentage of the product, but as an amount per daily serving, assessed case by case. That makes it one of the stricter regimes in the EU on this specific point.

Trace THC is a natural part of a full-spectrum extract, and what we're actually watching in Germany is the same broader position on cannabinoids in food that affects our CBD and CBN content.

Perspectivas

Germany's assessment includes delta-9-THCA alongside delta-9-THC, measured per labelled daily dose rather than as a percentage - a difference worth understanding for anyone comparing country pages.

German trade press frequently reports a 0.3% threshold as governing CBD finished products; the federal food safety office says plainly that it does not apply to foods, and it is the authority on that.

Timeline

February 2021

BfR Stellungnahme 006/2021 recommends the EFSA acute reference dose of 1 microgram delta-9-THC per kg body weight per day as the basis for assessing hemp-containing foods, including food supplements, applied case by case to the labelled recommended daily dose.

Bundesinstitut fuer Risikobewertung (BfR)

April 2024

The KCanG enters into force. BVL confirms that the commercial hemp exemption at 0.3% THC applies only to trade without intoxication potential for commercial or scientific purposes, and does not make cannabinoid-containing foods marketable.

Bundesamt fuer Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL)

February 2025

Baden-Wuerttemberg's state laboratories report on 72 CBD and cannabinoid-extract products sampled in 2023-24: all 72 objected to as unauthorised novel food, and 46 additionally classed as injurious to health. Online shops are named as the main sales channel.

Untersuchungsaemter Baden-Wuerttemberg

March 2026

More than 100 CBD novel food applications are pending at EU level, 19 validated and under EFSA review, with proceedings suspended pending safety data. A 2024 BfR survey is reported as having detected THC in 20 of 26 CBD oils tested.

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