Another approval for Czech CBD producer
The European Commission has validated a novel food application for isolated trans-cannabidiol from Czech-based producer CBDepot, bringing to four the total number of CBD applications that…
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EC panel to vote on THC in foods
The European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (ScoPAFF) is again scheduled to vote on a proposal that would raise the acceptable…
Italian project aims to clean up polluted land, turn out fiber products
An initiative in southern Italy aims to boost hemp growing to clean up polluted land while producing hemp stalks for processing into building materials and…
Italian groups continue to push for clarity amid confusing series of decrees
Three stakeholder groups say they will appeal to Italy’s Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) to challenge a recently approved decree that classifies hemp among medicinal plants…
Updated rule on hemp planting seeds in Europe called ‘major change’
A coming rule change in Europe would allow the marketing of hemp planting seed varieties that exceed the allowable THC level although some farmers who…
Proposed rules in Sweden draw sharp criticism from hemp association
Swedish hemp stakeholders are pushing back hard against proposed regulatory updates that would restrict legal hemp components to only plant stems and seeds, and suggest…
How a Czech publisher’s cannabis magazine made him a criminal
INTERVIEW by Zdeněk Strnad. Robert Veverka is a Czech cannabis activist and journalist, and the publisher of Legalizace magazine, which has been published since 2010….
‘Explosive’ demand for hurd in Europe is bright signal for hemp building
A current supply crunch on hemp hurd in Europe, while a temporary inconvenience, signals a major shift forward for the hemp building sector and can…
CBD list in UK to crack open legal market pegged at nearly $1 billion
CBD stakeholders in the UK are anticipating the release of a list of compliant products from food safety authorities expected any day as they look…
French court temporarily halts ban on smokable hemp flowers
A French judge has temporarily lifted a ban on smokable hemp flowers, suggesting such products “would not present a degree of harmfulness to health justifying…
