HEMP BEVERAGE ALLIANCE APPLAUDS REP. GRIFFITH’S BILL TO REGULATE THE HEMP INDUSTRY
(DENVER) – The Hemp Beverage Alliance, the trade association for the hemp beverage industry with more than 375 members in the U.S. and Canada, today announced its support and appreciation for Representative Morgan Griffith’s (R-VA) introduction of HR 7212, the Hemp Enforcement, Modernization, and Protection (HEMP) Act. The bill is co-sponsored by Representative Marc Veasey (D-TX).
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“The Hemp Beverage Alliance applauds Representative Griffith and Representative Veasey for this bi-partisan effort to create a safe, transparent and thriving hemp industry,” said Christopher Lackner, founder and president, Hemp Beverage Alliance. “We will continue to work with their offices to improve and gather support for this important legislation.”
According to the press release from Rep. Griffith:
[T]he Hemp Enforcement, Modernization, and Protection (HEMP) Act [...] is intended to create the pathway for federal regulation of cannabidiol (CBD) products. The bill creates a first-of-its-kind federal regulatory framework for hemp-derived (or CBD) products intended for human use within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Currently, hemp-derived businesses operate with no federal guidance, causing states to adopt differing regulations of hemp-derived products. This has created a patchwork of state laws, essentially allowing for a wild west market for these products and raising serious public health concerns.
Congressman Griffith’s HEMP Act is designed to create a future for American hemp products. By creating this pathway, it will bring regulatory certainty and allow for safer products to be sold in the United States.
The Hemp Beverage Alliance supports regulatory principles that set sensible limits for THC content, keep products away from children, provide robust product testing, and create tax revenues for the public benefit. These principles can be found on the trade association’s website: hempbeveragealliance.org/principles-overview.
About the Hemp Beverage Alliance
The mission of the Hemp Beverage Alliance is to create a safe and thriving industry through education, advocacy, best practices and partnership. We achieve this by providing consumers, retailers, and distributors with the information they need to better understand the industry; developing best practices to create consistency in labeling and manufacturing; working with elected officials and regulators to encourage common-sense regulation; and collaborating with cannabis and alcohol industries to create a marketplace that benefits everyone. More at hempbeveragealliance.org.
