USA HEMP SUPPLIES COULD INCREASE FOR BEAUTY SECTOR NOW USDA RULES ARE IN PLACE
November 1st, 2019
The USA cosmetics industry is expecting to benefit from recently promulgated United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) rules that would facilitate increased legal cultivation of the hemp plant – the botanical source for cannabidiol (CBD), an ingredient already widely available in the US for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications.
The new rules, which took effect October 31, and will run on an initial trial basis to November 1, 2021, have been awaited by the personal care product industry since the USA’s 2018 farm bill legalised hemp as an agricultural ...
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