Hemp seeds and hemp derived products to be regulated soon
Argentina
Jul 18, 2023
The National Food Commission (CONAL in Spanish) has published a project to include hemp seeds and products derived from hemp in the Argentine Food Code.
The text is as follow:
Article 1. Replace Article 917, Chapter XI: "Plant foods", of the Argentine Food Code, which shall be worded as follows:
"Article 917: The edible seeds are the following:
Hemp - Cannabis Sativa L.
Article 2. Article 917 bis is hereby incorporated into Chapter XI: "Plant Food" of the Argentine Food Code, which shall be worded as follows: "Article 917 bis: With the denomination of hemp seeds are understood the healthy, clean and well-preserved seeds of the different varieties of the vegetable species Cannabis Sativa L. that do not express more than 1% of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), authorized by the competent authority for food use.
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