South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) has announced it will begin accepting hemp cultivation applications for the 2021 season from January 1.The application process has started a month earlier than last year, but the January 1 kick-off is for cultivation applications only - it's not clear when processors and...

From the beginning of 2021, hemp will no longer be subject to Switzerland's agricultural seed legislation.In Switzerland, only quality- and identity-assured seeds from performance-tested plant varieties are made available for agricultural purposes for important crops. Testing required under the legislation includes a check to determine if a variety is...

Kakadu Plum, also known as “billygoat plum” and “green plum”, is a “new” super fruit that has been appreciated and used by Australia's indigenous peoples for thousands of years.A study in the 1980s looking at the composition of bush foods found that the Kakadu Plum is extraordinarily high in...

Virginia will soon be home to a new and much needed industrial hemp fiber processing and cannabidiol (CBD) oil extraction facility.Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced yesterday Shenandoah Valley Hemp, LLC, trading as Pure Shenandoah, will invest nearly $3.3 million to establish the facility in the down of Elkton.“Projects like...

Canada's Canopy Growth is taking on the UK's GW Pharmaceuticals over a widely used cannabidiol extraction method.The company recently filed its complaint in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas Waco Division.Canopy Growth says it acquired all right, title, and interest in the 10,870,632 Patent, which...

The UK’s Brexit transition period ends on 1 January 2021, and with it access to medical cannabis prescriptions filled in the EU.From January 1, UK prescriptions for finished medical cannabis products such as cannabis oil will no longer be recognised by EU member states.While this does not impact the...

Health Canada recently released results of its 2020 survey on cannabis use across the nation that indicate medical use remains steady in the country.Carried out with 10,822 people aged 16 years or older, the survey's results show fourteen percent indicated they used cannabis for medical purposes during the previous...

An Australian review of regulatory processes for the manufacturing, labelling and packaging of medical cannabis products recently kicked off.The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is carrying out the review on behalf of the Department of Health. Potential reforms include:Making Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements for imported medicinal cannabis products...

Australia's Neurotech International Limited (ASX: NTI) has reported final results of in-vitro studies indicate its DOLCE/NTI cannabis strains exhibit potent anti-inflammatory activity.Neurotech acquired an exclusive worldwide license to utilise proprietary cannabis strains from Dolce Cann Global, which it hopes could potentially be used to treat neurological disorders including autism,...

The USA's Federal Trade Commission has announced its first crackdown on CBD vendors that make deceptive claims about their products.Operation CBDeceit is already poised to claim a few scalps - its goal being to protect consumers from false, deceptive and misleading health claims regarding cannabidiol (CBD) made in online...