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Virginia governor signs bill to regulate CBD in food – Food Dive
Dive Brief: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill defining hemp extract, including CBD, as food. It gives state officials power to regulate the industry. The legislation, Senate Bill 918, is intended to help the hemp industry in Virginia by regulating production requirements and facility conditions. The bill enables the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to …
Virginia Gov. Signs Bill to Regulate CBD Products as Food – NBC4 Washington
Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed a bill that would define hemp extract, such as CBD, as food and usher in state regulations on these products. Senate Bill 918, patroned by Sen. David Marsden, D-Fairfax, will help guide the budding industrial hemp industry in Virginia by regulating facility conditions and requirements for the production of hemp-derived …
Industrial hemp becomes legal in South Dakota after Noem signs bill – Argus Leader
CLOSE A volunteer walks through a hemp field at a farm in Springfield, Colo. on Oct. 5, 2013, during the first known harvest of industrial hemp in the U.S. since the 1950s. (Photo: P. Solomon Banda/AP Photo) Industrial hemp and CBD oil are now legal in South Dakota after a yearlong standoff between Gov. Kristi Noem …
Senate bills could commercialize industrial hemp—with federal approval – Great Lakes Echo
Industrial hemp plant. Image: Chmee2, CC by 3.0 By Evan JonesCapital News Service Michigan’s hemp farmers are looking to industrialize the cannabis plant in new ways and beyond its use in marijuana dispensaries. New legislation in the State Senate could make that a reality. Sen. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, said his two bills would …
Kentucky Considers Smokeable Hemp & CBD Labeling Bills – Ganjapreneur
The Kentucky House Health and Family Services Committee has unanimously passed a bill to establish labeling requirements for CBD, according to a Hemp Grower report. The measure would license CBD companies as food or cosmetics manufacturers. The labeling for both ingestible and cosmetic CBD products would require that consumers are able to find the certificate …
Hemp growers frustrated by lack of Senate interest in House bill – messenger-inquirer
A House bill that would open up new markets for Kentucky’s ailing hemp farmers will likely not be heard by the Senate as the March 15 deadline for 2020 hemp licenses quickly approaches. House Bill 506, sponsored by Rep. Mark Hart, a Falmouth Republican, would amend KRS 218A.010 and KRS 260.858 and exempt combustible hemp …
South Dakota Gets Funds for Hemp Program, Bill Clears Another Hurdle – Hemp Grower
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a 15-page report to Congress as well as a public update about its progress toward regulating cannabidiol (CBD) in food and other products. In its report to Congress, the FDA says it’s “actively considering potential pathways for certain CBD products to be marketed as dietary supplements” …
Legislators reinstate industrial hemp bill and sends it to the floor for a vote – Argus Leader
CLOSE In this Aug. 21, 2019 file photo, an industrial hemp plant is shown in Clayton Township, Mich. (Photo: Paul Sancya, AP) PIERRE — Legislators have reinstated the industrial hemp bill after it was gutted earlier this week. Six legislators from the House and Senate, meeting in a conference committee to compromise on the bill, amended the …
Pot, hemp bills advance – Hawaii Tribune Herald
About one-third of the marijuana-related bills introduced in the state Legislature this year have successfully passed the halfway point before possibly becoming law. Thursday marked the deadline for all bills to cross over into their nonoriginating chamber — that is, for Senate bills to be heard by the House and vice versa. Now, after 21 …
Funding “guardrail” a sticking point for industrial hemp bill – Kotatv
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) – Proponent say industrial hemp is a money maker for the state, but opponents say there’s still a public safety risk. Alex White Plume surveys his hemp crop in his field outside Manderson, S.D. (KOTA TV) House Bill 1008 would allow for the growth and production of industrial hemp in …