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USDA improves, strengthens crop insurance for hemp producers

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Department of Agriculture is improving crop insurance for hemp. To ensure consistency across USDA, RMA updated references to regulations, including the Agriculture Marketing Service final rule, which took effect March 22, 2021. Hemp having THC above the federal statutory compliance level of 0.3% Here’s the USDA update.

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Program Specialist 2 (Cannabis), Office of Cannabis Management 250 Broadway, New York

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Reporting to a Program Specialist 3 (Cannabis), the Program Specialist 2 (Cannabis) positions will be responsible for overseeing and participating in inspecting, auditing, and performing a full range of compliance duties for the region assigned (Albany/Buffalo/NYC).

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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Compliance Division – Richard Parrott. Salama was Assistant Branch Chief of the California Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch. Eidson began working at Department of Food and Agriculture as a Student Assistant in the Human Resources Branch. Compliance Division – Richard Parrott.

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India: The Regulatory Highs And Lows Of Launching Medicinal Hemp Products

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In this post, we unpack the regulatory compliances a medicinal hemp product has to go through. In our last post 1 we spoke about the history, science and the regulator’s take on cannabis. And the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for food related use cases. 19 July 2022. by Aparna Sridharan.

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USDA Announces Pilot Insurance Coverage for Hemp Growers

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To be eligible for the MPCI pilot program, among other requirements, a hemp producer must comply with applicable state, tribal or federal regulations for hemp production, have at least one year of history producing the crop, and have a contract for the sale of the insured hemp. WASHINGTON, D.C.,

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California Cannabis Appellations: Proposed Regulations Are Here!

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On February 20, 2020, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) released its proposed regulations for the Cannabis Appellations Program, something that many cultivators have been anticipating since the inception of the Medicinal and Adult Use Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA). of this chapter.”.

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HAVE CANNABIS PRODUCTS REACHED THEIR SHELF LIFE?

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do not require authorisation under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 (“ Novel Food Regulation ”) to be placed on the market in the EU, provided the plant variety is registered in the EU Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species and the tetrahydrocannabinol (“ THC ”) content does not exceed 0.2% 1] [link]. [2]

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