Editorial Policy & How We Research

This page explains how Hemppy researches, writes and updates the educational articles on Learn. It is part of how we show our work: clear sources, careful wording, and corrections when something is wrong.

Last reviewed: November 2026

What Learn Is For

Learn articles explain CBD oils, CBD gummies and related hemp topics in plain English: what is on a label, how product types differ, how to read a lab report (COA), and what the rules say in the EU, the UK and the US.

Learn content is:

  • educational — written for shoppers and curious readers;
  • not medical advice and not legal advice;
  • not a place for sponsored “miracle” stories, invented experts or fake reviews.

For health questions, ask a doctor or pharmacist. For legal or business decisions, use a qualified adviser and the official texts themselves.

Who Writes and Reviews

Content is produced by the Hemppy editorial team. We do not invent doctors, influencers, founders’ CVs or third-party endorsements, and we do not publish personal author bylines on this site until a real named author is confirmed.

Articles are published under the name Hemppy team. Product comparisons and data studies use brand-published prices, labelled CBD amounts and public lab reports, each recorded with the date we checked it. We do not test products ourselves. The method is set out in How We Compare CBD Products.

Before publication, drafts go through:

  1. Editorial pass — clarity, tone, internal links, no invented facts.
  2. Fact check — every regulatory or scientific statement checked against a primary source (see the hierarchy below), with the date checked noted in our internal review file.
  3. Claims pre-check — wording checked against our no-health-claims rule and the site’s branding vocabulary.

Source Hierarchy

When we cite rules or science, we prefer sources in this order:

  1. EUR-Lex consolidated legislation and Court of Justice judgments.
  2. European Commission official pages (food, Single Market).
  3. EFSA, SCCS and other EU scientific committees.
  4. Official national authorities (food, medicines, customs), including the UK Food Standards Agency where relevant.
  5. Primary scientific or standards sources (for example peer-reviewed journals via PubMed/PMC, and ISO pages for laboratory standards).
  6. WHO / UN drug-control materials when the topic is international scheduling — clearly labelled as international, not as EU product authorisation.

We do not treat CBD marketing blogs, forums or unverified social posts as authorities. Secondary explainers may help us find a primary link; the published article cites the primary link.

What We Will Not Publish

  • Health, medical or disease-treatment claims about CBD or hemp products (including implied “for anxiety / pain / sleep / cancer” angles).
  • Dosage instructions for swallowing CBD, or “how to use CBD for [condition]”.
  • Invented statistics, market sizes, customer reviews, certificates or lab results.
  • Stock photos presented as our lab or warehouse.
  • Paid or gifted coverage presented as independent editorial without disclosure. Learn articles do not take sponsored posts that promote health claims. Commercially linked pieces, if any appear later, will be clearly labelled.
  • Trust words such as “clinical-grade” unless they are true and allowed for the product category being described.

Fact-Checking and Dating

  • Each Learn article ends with a line that states when the scientific and regulatory material was reviewed.
  • Regulatory numbers (THC maxima, SCCS concentrations, EFSA intake figures, Novel Food list status) are re-checked against the live official page when we materially edit the article, and at least when EU, UK or US rules we rely on are known to change.
  • Internal review notes (statement → source URL → date checked → verdict) are kept for the team; they are not dumped onto the public page.

Affiliate Independence

Hemppy is an independent information website. We do not sell products. Our shop lists CBD products from partner brands and links to each brand’s own website, where you place your order. Some of those links are affiliate links: if you buy through one, the brand may pay Hemppy a commission, and you pay the same price.

Affiliate relationships do not change how we write Learn articles:

  • Guides are educational and do not recommend a specific product or brand. Comparison articles and data studies rank or list products only by documented criteria (for example price per 100 mg, lab report availability, extract type and shipping region) and say which criteria they use.
  • Product facts (CBD content, volume, extract type, price) come from the brand’s own website or its lab report; we do not invent them.
  • We make no health claims, and nothing on Hemppy is medical advice.
  • How commissions work is explained in our Affiliate disclosure.

Corrections and Updates

If something in a Learn article is wrong:

  1. Use our contact form. Include the article URL, the incorrect sentence and (if you have it) a better primary source. You can also email info@hemppy.com.
  2. We assess the report against primary sources.
  3. Material corrections are made in the article as soon as practical; the review line at the end of the article is updated. For significant factual errors we add a short correction note near the top of the article stating what changed.
  4. We do not silently rewrite history to hide a meaningful mistake.

Linking

  • We link out to official sources when that helps the reader verify a point.
  • We link internally to other Learn articles and to the CBD glossary where useful — without keyword stuffing.
  • Outbound commercial affiliate links are not used inside Learn article bodies as product recommendations.

Who Operates Hemppy

Hemppy (hemppy.com) is operated by Very Digital Agency LLC, Darzauglu street 1, Riga, Latvia. Company details are in our Legal notice. For editorial questions and corrections, please use the contact form.