US EditionNew Spending Bill to Eliminate 95% of Hemp Products; Tampa Bay Businesses Fear Impact
The federal provision caps hemp-derived THC at 0.4 mg per container, threatening 95% of intoxicating hemp products relied on by Tennessee businesses, with a one-year grace period.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a government funding package that includes a provision banning hemp-derived products with more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per container.
- The 2018 Farm Bill created the loophole that lawmakers sought to close by capping hemp-derived THC, with Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell adding language targeting Delta-8 and THCA to prevent unregulated sales.
- The U.S. Hemp Roundtable warned the move could wipe out 95% of products from the $28.4 billion hemp industry, with Inquirer lab testing this summer showing 90% exceeded legal THC levels and contaminants aspergillus and carbofuran.
- Tennessee hemp businesses are bracing after a Senate funding package banned intoxicating hemp products, with Andy Chesney warning, `Obviously, if I weren't able to sell the product, I wouldn't have a business`.
- Sen. Rand Paul pushed to remove the language but his amendment was blocked, while industry groups urged regulation.
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Congress follows Alabama's lead, passes federal hemp ban threatening $28 billion industry
Last week, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus caved, voting to end the longest government shutdown in American history without securing an extension of Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits from Republicans. Included in that spending bill to reopen the government was a provision added at the last-minute, with no ties to healthcare whatsoever: an effective ban on THC-infused hemp products, nationwide. The new ban, authored b…
New spending bill to eliminate 95% of hemp products; Tampa Bay businesses fear impact
While most of the public attention on the newly passed federal funding bill has centered on air travel delays and furloughed workers, a lesser-known provision tucked inside the legislation is sending shockwaves through the hemp industry: a ban on nearly all hemp-derived products.
Austin, Nov 13 (EFE), – The Wednesday signing of the US government funding package by President Donald Trump includes a measure banning products with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive component of cannabis, which has generated strong reactions in this industry. The approved amendment states that, as of November 13, 2026, products derived from hemp containing synthetic or non-natural cannabinoids, more than 0.3 % of total THC (inc…
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