USDA’s Final Rule on Domestic Hemp Production Subject to Biden Administration’s “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review”

On January 19, 2021, one day before the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) published a Final Rule providing regulations for the production of hemp in the United States. Key provisions in the USDA’s Final Rule address hemp producer licensing requirements, recordkeeping requirements, procedures for sampling and testing THC concentration levels in hemp, and procedures for harvesting hemp and disposing of non-compliant plants....
By: Hodgson Russ LLP

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