Hemp food legal to sell and eat in Australia

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HEMP HEMP HOORAY!

 

 

http://foodregulation.gov.au/internet/fr/publishing.nsf/Content/forum-communique-2017-April

 

 

Low-THC Hemp seeds as a Food

Ministers received a report by the Swinburne University of Technology regarding consumption of low THC foods and the effect on random drug testing protocols in Australia and New Zealand (the Consumption Report).

 

Ministers had requested that the Food Regulation Standing Committee (FRSC) investigate information gaps identified in considering the adoption of low-THC hemp seeds as a food. These covered marketing and labelling issues, legal and Treaty implications, maximum levels of cannabidiol(CBD) and the potential effects on road side drug testing.

 

Ministers noted the key finding of the Consumption Report is that it is highly unlikely that consumption of food products containing the levels of THC tested would result in any positive tests on oral fluid, blood or urine.

 

In light of these findings Ministers supported the draft standard that will allow low-THC hemp seeds to be sold as a food. The standard will take effect six months after it has been gazetted and Ministers acknowledged that there is still a range of New Zealand and State and Territory legislation that currently prohibits the sale of low-THC hemp seeds as a food which will need to be amended. Ministers also supported the establishment of an Implementation and Monitoring working group.

[cardrona]

Great News

 

 

Heard this on the radio today this is a great step forward .

[cardrona]

[420Raven]

I always thought the seeds held 0.0 % THC..

[SpontaneousStoner]

I bought these from a local shop a few days ago [emoji23] I thought they were already legal.

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I bought these from a local shop a few days ago [emoji23] I thought they were already legal.

 

yeah....but there would have had a sticker on them that said "not for human consumption"

 

i hope you didnt eat them

 

....only now they are fit for human consumption  

[SpontaneousStoner]

yeah....but there would have had a sticker on them that said "not for human consumption"

 

i hope you didnt eat them

 

....only now they are fit for human consumption

Oh... well... I didn't die [emoji23][emoji23]

[phenix]

Good news!

 

Maybe the price of hemp seeds locally will come down... I've been annoyed for ages because iherb sells hemp seeds for half the price we can get locally but they're not allowed to send them to Australia, despite the fact they're freely available here.

[kush master]

There's no thc in seeds, you could eat a pound of them, and it will do nothing . That's how the online shops can sell Beens, there's no drug in them. But if legalised the seeds could feed the world, you can get two harvests in a year in some places. The seeds are milled into a flower, then you can use it in place of wheat. Bake bread do whatever flour does. But sadly not yet. P.S. Eating cannabis seeds will lower your cholesterol . Edited May 8, 2017 by kush master