As European hemp food stakeholders have taken up the battle to reverse recent changes to EU rules on hemp extracts, the whole furor begs a question: How did regulations that
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The UK’s Cannabis Trades Association (CTA) says it has hired London law firm Mackrell Turner Garrett to file a legal challenge against the European Union over the EU’s recent designation
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A U.S. company says it will invest $5.8 million in a factory in Kentucky to produce HempWood, an “eco-friendly timber” that uses hemp fiber to create a wood-like material. The
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Japanese officials have a approved the medical CBD brand Epidiolex for clinical trials, marking the first time such products have been approved by the Japanese government. The trials, to be
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Engineering firm Canadian Greenfield Technologies (CGT) has sold a $1.5 million hemp decortication line to Wyndrige Farm, a private company based in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA. The technology, called HempTrain, is
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Italian fiber hemp varieties Carmagnola and CS (Carmagnola Selezionata) have been de-certified and removed from the European catalog of plant varieties. The two well-known Italian fiber hemp varieties have been
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More than 50,000 acres (20,234 ha) have been approved for Kentucky hemp fields in 2019, as the state’s hemp farmers get moving in the new Farm Bill era. More than
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More than 40 Portuguese hemp stakeholders have signed an open letter to the government requesting resumption of hemp licensing after permitting was halted at the beginning of 2019. The industry
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In a signal that Asian investors are beginning to look over U.S. hemp companies, Colorado CBD maker C-Beyond Health said it has received an investment from Hong Kong-based multi-national Triple
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European hemp stakeholders came away upbeat from a meeting with European Commission officials yesterday as they seek to reverse recent food rule changes that could upend the hemp food business
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