A Massachusetts federal judge ruled that another lawsuit against a CBD-maker alleging incorrect labeling will be delayed, “pending forthcoming FDA regulations on the products at issue.” Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued the ruling Tuesday, saying she was granting the defendant, Global Widget LLC., a request to stay the case. She denied their appeal to dismiss […]
Nanaimo, British Columbia-based Tilray halved its net loss to $81.7 million for the second quarter ended June 30, a substantial improvement over the previous quarter’s $184.1 million deficit. However, the cannabis and hemp producer reported lower sequential revenue in most of its important categories. Tilray trades as TLRY on the Nasdaq and reports in U.S. […]
As the deadline approaches for implementing a single set of nationwide hemp-production rules, states and industry associations are pressuring the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a delay, warning the federal agency that several states won’t meet the deadline. But so far, the feds don’t seem inclined to budge. Nearly half of U.S. states cultivating hemp […]
Two Canadian marijuana companies have made processing and distribution agreements with CBD businesses, including one in the U.S. WeedMD Inc., a producer and distributor of medical marijuana in Ontario, said Tuesday it signed a commercial arrangement to manufacture, package and ship Revity CBD, a product line from Canadian retailer Fire & Flower. The new product […]
A cloud of uncertainty has settled over Europe’s CBD industry after the European Union’s executive body said it had taken the preliminary view that cannabidiol extracted from cannabis flowers should be considered a narcotic. With a potential blanket ban on CBD in food looming on the horizon, the impact of recent regulations in Austria offer […]
Uruguay is making it easier to export marijuana and hemp by eliminating the requirement that plants be registered first as medicine. But the change signed by President Lacalle Pou applies only to crops grown from 2018 to this year. Deputy Secretary of the Presidency Rodrigo Ferrés announced the actions late last week. Uruguay distinguishes marijuana […]
Hemp farmers are seeing an ally in U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York and the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, who is pushing federal agriculture officials to delay enforcing new hemp production rules until 2022. Schumer asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday to delay issuing the final rules for the U.S. […]
Federal agriculture officials have approved hemp production plans last week for one additional state and one American Indian Tribe. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the green light to plans from the state of Maryland and the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota. The two new approved plans bring the USDA’s tally of approved state, […]
Khiron Life Sciences, a vertically intergrated Colombian cannabis company, has signed a deal to sell its CBD skincare products in the Hong Kong region later this year. Khiron signed the distribution agreement for its Kuida CBD skincare line with DNO Group, an Asia-Pacific distributor with a network of more than 50,000 retail and online channels […]
Hemp and CBD leaders told Hemp Industry Daily what they hope to see in the FDA’s Enforcement Policy draft guidance, when the industry will likely get to see that document and what will happen to the industry if FDA regulatory guidance on CBD doesn’t come soon. (Click on the orange arrows to advance the slideshow.) […]
