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Tariffs rarely drive production back onshore, but this one might actually do it: The Protecting American Hemp Farmers Act • New duty of 50% only on cannabinoid products imported from China under the True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or retted fiber or stalks, Hemp seed, or Hemp oil tariff codes. • Requires new import tariff categories for each cannabinoid product: isolates, distillates, naturally-derived, synthetic, and chemically-altered cannabinoids. • Testing for cannabinoid imports: heavy metal content, molds, and mycotoxins, pesticide residues, microbial contamination, residual solvents, and synthetic byproducts and unknown compounds. • Prohibits transshipment to evade the tariff. • Mandates […]

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Allergy to the Fatty Part of Hemp Seed "In conclusion, we report a novel case of hemp seed allergy presenting with symptoms after ingestion, inhalation, and contact. Exploratory protein analysis suggests a jacalin-related lectin as a potential cross-reactive allergen; however, other proteins, including 11S globulins, cannot be excluded. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings." J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2026 Oct. doi: 10.18176/jiaci.1209. Allergy to the Fatty Part of Hemp Seed(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Just a few nuggets from the last few months of scientific discoveries and commercial breakthroughs in the hemp seed, found at CannaSearch Daily at The Richard Rose Report: Hemp Seeds (Cannabis sativa L.) in Cattle Nutrition: Effects on Beef Fatty Acid, Vitamin, and Mineral Profiles The Richard Rose Report · Oct 16, 2026, 4:00 AM CannaSearch Daily | The study aimed to determine the effects of dietary supplementation with whole hemp seeds (Cannabis sativa L.) on the nutritional value and health-promoting properties of beef, including the fatty acid profile and the content of vitamins and minerals in… Structure and functional […]

"Federal legalization would raise $57.9 billion over ten years and federal plus remaining state legalization would raise almost double that" at $0.00625/mg THC via TTAB. "For distilled spirits, the federal rate is $13.50 per proof gallon effectively taxing the pure alcohol content rather than the finished product. (A proof gallon is defined as one liquid gallon at 50 percent alcohol by volume.) Beer is taxed at $18 per barrel (31 gallons) for large domestic producers, with a reduced rate of $3.50 per barrel on the first 60,000 barrels for domestic brewers producing fewer than two million barrels annually; wine is […]