In this episode, host Kermit Nash, co-chair of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, speaks with fellow FBA Practice co-chair, Jonathan Havens, on the portfolios of the U.S. Food and...more
12/7/2020
/ Agribusiness ,
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Farmers ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Supply ,
Hemp ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Relief Measures ,
USDA
On August 21, 2020, nearly two years after the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA or the Agency) published an interim final rule that, according to...more
A new decade is upon us, as are substantial federal and state policy, regulatory, and enforcement developments for the tobacco, cannabis, and food and beverage industries. ...more
On November 25, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announced that it had issued Warning Letters to 15 companies for illegally selling products containing cannabidiol (CBD). ...more
On October 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a pre-publication version of its long awaited hemp production interim final rule. Public comments are due 60 days after USDA publishes the rule in the...more
On August 9, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed A5322 into law, making the Garden State the latest to establish a permanent program for the cultivation, handling, processing, transport, and sale of hemp and...more
Although hemp is now federally legal, as a result of the enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) late last year, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) recently declared that...more
On April 2, 2019, outgoing U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., further addressed FDA’s approach to cannabis-containing and cannabis-derived products (e.g., cannabidiol...more
On December 20, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill). Among other things, the 2018 Farm Bill removes hemp from the definition of "marihuana" (marijuana) in the...more