Hemp Testing

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has once again postponed the enforcement of a requirement for hemp testing to be conducted by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered laboratories, granting the industry another year of flexibility. Under this extension, hemp produced through the...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed and is now selling hemp reference material to more accurately measure key components in cannabis products. Various studies have shown that THC measurements displayed on labels are not consistently reliable, which can result in...