Talking about hemp comes easy to Keith Jones, the new president of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance. He’s been growing industrial hemp at his farm in southern Alberta for more than 20 years. But Jones still talks about it like great discoveries and opportunities await. Hemp Industry Daily recently caught up... Read more
Three men who run a CBD shop in southwestern Germany are under investigation for violating the country’s controlled substances law. The men, all 28, are accused of illicitly producing narcotics and selling the products online and in their retail store in the city of Tübingen, state prosecutors and police said in... Read more
Hemp advocates and food-safety regulators in Germany are at loggerheads over whether all forms of cannabinoids require additional scrutiny before they can be sold in foods and drinks. The dispute came to a head last week when the European Industrial Hemp Association released a statement that the German government... Read more
The European Commission has received 45 applications for novel food authorization for CBD-containing products since December 2018, Hemp Industry Daily has learned. The applications have chiefly come from the Netherlands, the UK, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland and the United States, a commission source said. CBD products in the European... Read more
A U.S. company accused of growing marijuana in Myanmar says the crop was actually hemp. But the country doesn’t differentiate between the two plants and sentenced one of the company’s workers to prison for 20 years. The Myanmar man sentenced to prison, Shein Latt, acknowledged he was responsible for... Read more
A German CBD oil manufacturer has launched three products at one of Germany’s main drugstore chains. CannaCare Health GmbH said its CANOBO products hit the shelves at 2,200 branches of ROSSMANN drugstore across Germany in February 2020. The products include two full-spectrum CBD nutritional supplements at concentrations of 2.75%... Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will continue to “take appropriate action against unlawful CBD products that pose a risk of harm to the public,” even as the federal agency implored the industry to collaborate with the government to study CBD’s possible benefits and dangers. The statement... Read more
The CannaTech medical cannabis innovation conference was postponed until June 15-16 because of coronavirus concerns. (Photo courtesy of CannaTech) (A version of this story appeared earlier on Marijuana Business Daily.) Some U.S. and international cannabis industry conferences and trade shows – important for marijuana and hemp businesses to market... Read more
Mexican lawmakers are a step closer to legalizing marijuana and hemp. Three separate Senate panels approved legislation that would legalize all forms of cannabis, sending the measure to the full Senate. It would still require a vote in another chamber after that. Although there’s still steps to go, the... Read more
Swissx Labs, which makes smokable hemp and hemp-derived CBD products, has hired a new sales director to spearhead the brand’s expansion in Europe. Christian Wagner takes the reins as head of sales and marketing in Switzerland after working in luxury branding for high-end hotels and fashion brands. Wagner also... Read more
