Last Friday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephen
Goorvitch
denied a request to block enforcement of
emergency regulations issued last month by the California
Department of Public Health to ban THC-containing hemp
products. As a result, the ban will remain in effect while
the U.S. Hemp Roundtable explores legal avenues to challenge the
new regulations.
The new regulations, which the Office of Administrative Law
approved on September 23, require that industrial hemp food, food
additives, beverages, and dietary supplements intended for human
consumption have no detectable THC per serving cannot be sold to
purchasers under age 21, and may have no more than five servings
per package. Products that combine CBD and THC will continue to
remain for sale at cannabis dispensaries.
The full press release issued by Governor Gavin Newsom’s
office on the court’s decision can be
read here.
