Under the USDA Interim Final Rules, any laboratory testing THC concentration of hemp for compliance under the US Domestic Hemp Production Program is required to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). While USDA has issued Enforcement Guidance delaying enforcement of this requirment until October 31, 2021 or until publication of Final Rules, whichever comes first, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has now posted a directory of laboratories who are registere

The US Food and Drug Administration has published a Report to the US House Committee on Appropriations and the US Senate Committee on Appropriations regarding Cannabidiol (CBD). This long awaited report provides many answers, and poses many more questions. We hope you find this information valuable. There is a link to the full FDA report at the bottom of the page. The FDA has also updated their website’s CBD Regulation page. “Enforcement Policy: FDA is currently evaluating is

On November 20, 2019 Oregon hemp advocates Senator Wyden and Senator Merkley submitted a letter to USDA Secretary Purdue outlining concerns with the IFR, inconsistencies with legislative intent, and request particular fixes. “We appreciate USDA’s commitment to hemp producers across the United States, and are pleased by your efforts to grow and support domestic hemp production. Farmers in Oregon and across the country are on the precipice of an agricultural boom that, with the

On April 3, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened a public comment period to discuss agricultural hemp and CBD. The purpose of this public comment period is to: Obtain scientific data and information about the safety, manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale of products containing cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds Docket N0 FDA-2019-N-1482 An Extended Deadline – July 16, 2019 The original ending date for this public comment period was

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) of the USDA has issued a legal opinion to address questions regarding several of the hemp-related provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill. These include: The removal of hemp and THC in hemp from the Controlled Substances Act A phase-out of the industrial hemp pilot authority in the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) An amendment to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to allow States and Indian tribes to regulate hemp production or fo

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) recently sent letters regarding hemp banking to four key United States finance regulators advocating for hemp banking. Letters requested guidance to ease any concerns banks and other financial institutions may have with providing services to hemp businesses. Financial Regulatory Bodies The following four financial regulatory bodies received letters. You can read them in there entirety here: F

The United States Postal System has provided acceptance criteria for mailing CBD products in the mail. These guidelines come after the 2018 Farm Bill, as well as Courtney Moran LL.M.’s recent victory with case KAB, LLC, in which the U.S. Postal Service cleared the way for the shipment of agricultural pilot program industrial hemp. Issuing such guidance further clarifies the pathway for lawful shipment of hemp, specifically CBD. Mailing CBD via USPS Here is an excerpt from the