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
Coming in hot at the end of the legislative session, state lawmakers in South Dakota sent an industrial hemp bill to Gov. Kristi Noem to sign after clearing the proposal to legalize hemp production and develop a state plan on Thursday. Noem has indicated she will sign the bill,... Read more
(Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series on California’s hemp industry. To read the previous installment, click here.) California hemp and CBD producers were hoping for speedy action this year on a long-debated proposal to clear a path for hemp extracts in foods and drinks. But old disagreements... 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
Idaho lawmakers defeated a measure that would have legalized hemp, leaving the state as one of three in the country that don’t allow the crop. The measure was voted down in a House committee Wednesday, The Lewiston Tribune reported. Some opponents said the change could lead to marijuana legalization, while others... 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
Raise THC limits, improve access to banking, provide tax relief and offer opportunities for new hemp and CBD businesses – one Congressman has heard distress calls from the nascent hemp industry and is working to introduce legislation that could help. U.S. Rep. Denver Riggleman, a Republican from Virginia, says... Read more
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the March issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) CBD manufacturers risk paying thousands of dollars in legal expenses if they lack insurance to deal with rash-inducing topicals, exploding vape pens and other problems connected to their products. Product liability insurance... Read more
After a year-long dispute over legalizing industrial hemp in South Dakota, state lawmakers are jostling to finish work on a hemp bill that won’t provoke another veto from Gov. Kristi Noem. The latest move came this week when the state Senate passed a “placeholder” hemp bill on a 25-9... Read more
Montana agriculture officials have pushed through with getting federal approval on the state’s hemp production plan. But they will still operate the 2020 production season under the existing pilot rules, which expire Oct. 31. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved Montana’s plan Friday. The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA)... Read more
