Euro consortium will submit consolidated Novel Food application
A consortium led by the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA), will resort to the current EU food safety approval process for hemp foods and extracts…
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Polish company distributes free sanitizer as public service
Polish health & beauty products maker Herbs & Hydro has distributed 4,000 units of hemp-scented hand sanitizer and hemp bar soaps for free in a…
Agriculture ministry in Poland calls for 1.0% THC in hemp
Poland’s Ministry of Agriculture has recommended a full 1.0% THC allowable in industrial hemp in a recently unveiled 2-year government farming plan. The country would…
European association’s roadmap for hemp: Take a vital turn
Industrial hemp can play a major role as Europe takes on the economic challenges of the coming years, the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) said…
Czech firm’s effort to register synthesized CBD for food advances
Czech CBD producer CBDepot has navigated another step in the process of getting pure synthesized Cannabidiol (CBD) authorized as a Novel Food ingredient, as European…
2020 Hemp Planting Season Outlook
This episode: HempToday Editor & Publisher Kehrt Reyher reviews answers to the Hemp Farming Outlook Micro-Survey and discusses seed selection and procurement with Hana Gabrielova,…
Despite the problems brought on by virus, a call to till on
By Steve Allin It is scary how things can change in just a few weeks. Unless you were living in China during January, most of…
Czech firm’s push to register synthetically made CBD advances
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has green-lighted the “suitability check” of an application from Czech-based phytocannabinoids maker CBDepot for synthetically manufactured Cannabidiol (CBD) as…
New German cannabis association will fully embrace hemp
A new cannabis association in Germany says its work will fully embrace industrial hemp as it aims to set a constructive legal and regulatory landscape…
Coronavirus causes postponement of European hemp events
Two key European hemp events have fallen victim to the global coronavirus pandemic. The 9th International Hemp Building Symposium and Spannabis, the giant Spanish cannabis…