2018 Farm Bill
CV Sciences and Alkemist Labs Form Partnership to Support the NIST’s CannaQAP
CV Sciences, Inc. (San Diego, CA) has announced an ongoing partnership with Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA) to collaborate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on efforts to help cannabis testing labs demonstrate and improve measurement capabilities and comparability. The tools developed by this NIST cannabis program will support measurements establishing legal, ...
California State Assembly Passes Bill Authorizing Retail Sales in CBD Food & Supplements
On May 22, the California State Assembly on passed a bill that would authorize the retail sale of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD)—a move intended to supplant a position adopted by health officials in 2018 that has caused a commotion. Assembly Bill 228 passed by a final vote of 76 to 0, according to a source in the ...
New Farm Bill Ends Era of Hemp Prohibition, but Supplements Get Dropped From SNAP Program
President Trump has signed the 2018 Farm Bill, including the provisions which legalize the domestic cultivation, production, and commercial development of hemp, and hemp products at the federal level. This action comes after the Senate passed the legislation on Dec. 11 and the House of Representatives a day later. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), ...
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