Hemp is hot stuff in Monto

Oz · June 11, 2010

http://www.centraltelegraph.com.au/[/url'>']STRUGGLING Monto could play a key part in developing Queensland's emerging $10 million commercial hemp industry by becoming a key growing and processing centre.

John Hall, managing director at Bundaberg company Agri Fibre Industries (AFI), told Central Telegraph it had been working on the project since 1998 and was ready to move to commercial production.

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“Our main focus will be on industrial uses for fibre; for example, ropes, canvas, fibre matting to replace glass fibres in composites, and fibre as an additive to concrete for building non support walls.

“The food business will focus on hemp seed protein products and health drinks.”

The sale of hemp food is illegal in Australia, unlike most western countries.

An application must be processed through Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) for consideration by the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (ANZFRMC), which is the final decision-making authority. An application for industrial hemp to be approved for use as a food is currently with FSANZ, and once it has completed its consideration, its recommendations will be forwarded to ANZFRMC.

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Author: Russel Guse

Date: 11/06/2010

Source: Central Telegraph