Australia has exported its first shipment of hemp seeds to New Zealand. The export was made possible because the Australian government recently passed legislation to ease regulations on trade, Business News Australia reported Friday, but did not say how much was exported or when. Australian Minister of Agriculture David... Read more
Boxes from CPLANT are pictured in a warehouse. CPLANT, a hemp producer in Uruguay, has successfully sent half a ton of low-THC hemp flower to Switzerland via Germany, shipping what appears to be the South American country’s first major commercial export of CBD flower to Europe. The shipments of... Read more
Proponents of building a stronger hemp industry in Hawaii are hoping the crop will restore the island state’s deep agricultural tradition after the departure of sugar and pineapple crops left tens of thousands of acres fallow. Since 1980, Hawaii’s total land use for agricultural production has fallen from more... Read more
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Labor is one of the biggest expenses in any cannabis business. Hemp companies are hunting for ways to tighten their belts during the economic downturn, and executives are looking at personnel... Read more
A federal science agency launched a program on Tuesday, aimed at helping laboratories accurately measure key chemical compounds in hemp and marijuana products including oils, edibles, tinctures and balms. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cannabis Quality Assurance (CannaQAP) program could help increase accuracy in product labeling and... Read more
Clint Eastwood, an American actor, film director and producer, is suing three CBD companies, alleging they created articles and emails that falsely claimed he was endorsing their products and that he had his own CBD line. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court says “Mr. Eastwood does... Read more
Federal food and drug officials submitted a CBD enforcement policy document for approval on Wednesday, Hemp Industry Daily has learned. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration submitted its “Cannabidiol Enforcement Policy” draft guidance for industry to the White House Office of Management and Budget. With approval from the OMB,... Read more
The European Industrial Hemp Association says the European Commission’s decision to halt “Novel Food” applications as it considers labeling CBD a narcotic “stands against any logic and is nothing but unfair.” EIHA said in the statement Friday that if the commission makes its preliminary view final, the agency “will... Read more
Alabama’s agriculture commissioner wants farmers to grow more hemp so that additional state-made products are available. Alabama’s first hemp season in 2019 attracted 180 farmers and 70 processors, according to AL.com. Ag Commissioner Rick Pate made his comments during a visit to a hemp facility in Decatur, Huntsville TV station... Read more
(Legal experts weigh in on what the FDA’s cannabis guidelines mean for the hemp industry.) Federal food and drug officials dropped draft guidance for clinical research related to developing cannabis and cannabis-derived drug products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s seven-page draft guidance, titled “Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Compounds: Quality... Read more
