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Medicinal Genomics Assay Receives AOAC’s First Certification for Cannabis Flower and Infused Edibles

Medicinal Genomics

Medicinal Genomics Corp. MGC), a pioneer in harnessing cannabis genomics to improve the agricultural productivity, safety, and transparency of cannabis, today announced that AOAC International has approved its PathoSEEK® 5-Color Aspergillus Multiplex Assays with SenSATIVAx Extraction for cannabis flower and infused edibles. flavus , A.

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Costa Rica’s program for medical cannabis, hemp could start in autumn

Cannabis Law Report

Jurisdiction would be under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the Ministry of Health. Those agencies would oversee inspection, production, industrialization and commercialization of hemp for industrial purposes and food, and psychoactive cannabis exclusively for therapeutic medicinal purposes.

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Front Range Biosciences Announces International Technology Licensing Agreement with The Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics in Barcelona, Spain

Cannabis Law Report

Last year, IRTA and CRAG received one of eight licenses to work with medical cannabis from the Spanish Agency of Medicine and Sanitary Products and partnered exclusively with FRB to advance the development of medical cannabis genetics for the global marketplace.

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Australian Scientists Say They Have “developed the world’s most complete medicinal cannabis genomic reference.”

Cannabis Law Report

Australia’s Victorian government says Agriculture Victoria Research scientists have developed the world’s most complete medicinal cannabis genomic reference. The organisation has been licensed by the Australian Government to undertake medicinal cannabis research. Hemp Gazette reports. Source: [link].

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TSA says hemp products and CBD medications now cleared to fly

Cannabis Chronicles

In December the $867 billion federal Farm Bill, among other things, classified hemp as an agricultural commodity and took it off the federal controlled substances list. Cannabinoid oil, or CBD, can be extracted and processed from the hemp plant to be used for medicinal purposes. The governor has not yet signed the bill into law.

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Will California Get a Hemp Social Equity Program?

Canna Law Blog

As states across the country develop regulated cannabis programs, more and more are incorporating social equity programs. Illinois’ new adult-use cannabis law, for example, made waves for its broad social equity program. The CIHFA is not really geared towards the easy creation of a social equity program for hemp farmers.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/1/18

NORML

Denver, Colorado’s marijuana social use law is here to stay, as the city council voted this week to remove the “sunset” provision which made it a temporary four year program. Update: SB 440 was heard by the Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee, but no action has been taken yet.