Cannabis seeds in foods may interfere with drug tests

[Mama Cass]

• From: The Australian
  
• December 08, 2011
  

Oldie but interesting.

 

 

CANNABIS snacks were given the go-ahead by the nation's food regulator yesterday.

 

Food Standards Australia overrode objections from police and health officials that the "marijuana munchies" could interfere with drug tests.

It said yesterday it planned to amend the Food Standards Code to permit the used of processed hemp seeds - a rich source of omega fatty acids - to be used as an ingredient in foods ranging from ice cream to cheeses, salad dressings and muesli bars.

Likening hemp to poppy seeds, Food Standards chief executive Steve McCutcheon said it was safe to eat, and already used in a range of foods in Canada, the US and parts of Europe.

But the Food Standards assessment concedes that the hemp food could trigger positive drug tests for marijuana.

 

"It is not known whether the consumption of hemp foods will interfere with screening tests that involve the collection of saliva, such as the tests used by some law-enforcement agencies in roadside testing procedures in Australia," its report concludes.

 

Read full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/cannabis-seeds-in-foods-may-interfere-with-drug-tests/story-e6frg8y6-1226216681051

[Ford Fairlane]

woohoo!! finally

[Naycha]

Awesome

[STONEDAJ69]

Note to self - Always have a half eaten hemp and muesli bar in the car ashtray...

[T.A.C]

Note to self - Always have a half eaten hemp and muesli bar in the car ashtray...

 

Prob don't need to keep it in the ashtray

[Ford Fairlane]

woohoo!! finally

 

OK,, so I retract my previous "woohoo" as hemp is not yet legal as a food in Australia.. I read the abstract and got all excited.... hopefully soon hey!!