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DEA Attempts To Regulate CBD Processing

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) published an interim final rule surrounding hemp and hemp derivatives. Even going back to the 2014 Farm Bill, the lack of regulations was apparent. In fact, most state departments of agriculture allowing for hemp cultivation under the 2014 Farm Bill expressly refused to regulate hemp processing.

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How Will the USDA Hemp Rules Affect California?

Canna Law Blog

The bill was clearly intended to bring California closer into harmony with the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills, in anticipation for the state’s ultimate submission of a statewide hemp production plan to the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture (“USDA”) following the USDA’s issuance of interim hemp regulations.

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Hemp and CBD: Submit Your Comments on USDA Interim Hemp Rules By December 30

Canna Law Blog

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue urging the Secretary to extend the public commend period by 60 days. Most of us in the hemp industry are well-aware of the major issues in the interim rules: 15-day pre-harvest testing requirements, total THC, DEA laboratories, and crop insurance to name a few. when planted in a different State.”

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BREAKING: USDA Releases Hemp Rules

Canna Law Blog

Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) released its interim hemp rules. Remember that a felony conviction, at either the state or federal level, results in a 10-year ban from participating in the legal hemp industry, unless a person was lawfully growing hemp under the 2014 Farm Bill before December 20, 2018. Today, the U.S.

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Hemp Production Regulation in Final Stages

Cannabis Law Report

Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a draft version of the interim final rule (IFR) for the production of hemp in the United States. Samples must be taken to a DEA-registered laboratory for THC testing. Samples must be tested using post-decarboxylation or other similarly reliable methods for total THC concentration.

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United States: Hemp And CBD Regulation: Beyond Delta-8 THC

Cannabis Law Report

. … and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers … with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol [THC] concentration of not more than 0.3 Department of Agriculture. percent on a dry weight basis.” ” See 7 U.S.C.

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CBD Oracle Lab Study Shows Some Delta-8 Products Are 7700% Over the Legal Delta-9 THC Limit

Cannabis Law Report

The products included flower, edibles, prerolls, tinctures, concentrates, vape cartridges and vape pens, and were mainly purchased online from various states. Illegal Delta-9 Levels More Likely in Vapes and Concentrates: Vapes and concentrates generally contained higher levels of delta-9 THC than flower, tinctures or edibles.

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