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Kemin Industries, a Des Moines-based global ingredient manufacturer, announced it has launched a new line of hemp cannabidiol (CBD) distillates. The new Luxiva ....
Kemin Industries announced Wednesday that it has taken an equity stake in Driftless Extracts, a United States Department of Agriculture-certified organic h ....
Kemin Industries announced Wednesday that it has taken an equity stake in Driftless Extracts, a United States Department of Agriculture-certified organic h ....
Hemp and CBD are a double-edged sword. One of the biggest detriments to the hemp industry that could’ve occurred is that hemp became CBD. On the one hand, it’s great that CBD has reintroduced hemp to America. But now that there’s enough CBD to supply the industry to supply brands throughout the Biden administration (even if two terms), the question now is, how does hemp become an influential crop in America beyond cannabinoids? The answer is to make hemp like other commodity crops or animals. There’s a saying among pig producers that they use everything except the squeal. With corn, farmers are able to turn the plant into corn syrups and starches and fuels as well as animal feed. ....
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve cannabidiol (CBD) for use in dietary supplements. House Resolution 841, also called the Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2021, was introduced by Democratic Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader and Republican Virginia Rep Morgan Griffith, with five Republican and 12 Democratic co-sponsors. The bill would simply make hemp subject to all the regulations as any other dietary supplement – subject to new dietary ingredient (NDI) filings, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and labeling and marketing provisions. Under the bill, hemp’s definition as a cannabis plant with less than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the psychoactive constituent of cannabis – would remain unchanged. The focus on THC also means that other cannabinoids and terpenes within hemp can also be approved for use in dietary supplements. ....