The Food and Drug Administration has signaled in recent interagency communications and Congressional testimony that it is targeting 2027 as the timeframe for completing a formal rulemaking on the status of CBD and other hemp-derived cannabinoids as food ingredients and dietary supplement components. While the agency has not published a...

With November 12, 2026 firmly established as the operative federal hemp compliance deadline, major retail chains are beginning to take proactive steps to protect themselves from the liability exposure of stocking non-compliant hemp products. In recent weeks, several regional and national retailers have begun issuing formal compliance letters to their...

Members of the Senate Hemp Caucus are actively lobbying for transition relief provisions to be included in a Farm Bill rider before the November 12, 2026 federal hemp compliance deadline. The provisions under discussion would not eliminate the compliance requirements established by the Hemp Safety Enforcement Act — but would...

Senate Hemp Showdown: Where the Hemp Safety Enforcement Act Stands After House Farm Bill Passage The House passed the 2026 Farm Bill on a 224-200 vote — without the Hemp Planting Predictability Act delay provision that hemp operators had hoped would push the November 12 federal compliance deadline to 2028....

New Jersey's Hemp THC Interim Standards Are Live: What Changed on May 31 and What It Means for Your Brand New Jersey's interim hemp THC standards took effect May 31, 2026, making New Jersey the latest state to impose specific total THC limits on hemp-derived products sold within its borders...

FDA Breaks Its Silence on Hemp CBD in Food: What the Latest Agency Signals Mean for Ingredient Buyers For years, FDA's position on hemp-derived CBD in food and dietary supplements has been the most significant unresolved regulatory question in the hemp ingredient supply chain. FDA's 2019 guidance document acknowledged that...

Kansas, Georgia, and Virginia Tighten Hemp Enforcement: Mapping the New State Action Wave The state-by-state hemp enforcement wave that began in late 2025 with Missouri, Texas, Ohio, and Colorado is expanding. Kansas, Georgia, and Virginia have each taken significant steps in the past 60 days to restrict or clarify hemp-derived...

USDA Clarifies the December 31 DEA Lab Registration Deadline: What It Actually Means for Your COAs When USDA announced it was pushing the DEA laboratory registration requirement for hemp testing from the November 12, 2026 compliance date to December 31, 2026, the hemp industry collectively exhaled. But the relief was...

USDA Clarifies the December 31 DEA Lab Registration Deadline: What It Actually Means for Your COAs When USDA announced it was pushing the DEA laboratory registration requirement for hemp testing from the November 12, 2026 compliance date to December 31, 2026, the hemp industry collectively exhaled. But the relief was...

Senate Agriculture Committee Schedules June Hemp Markup: What Operators Should Expect The Senate Agriculture Committee has announced a June markup session for its version of the Farm Bill, with hemp provisions confirmed as a major agenda item. For B2B hemp operators who have been monitoring the legislative timeline, the June...

National Retailers Begin Making Hemp Category Decisions: What the Shelf Space Shakeout Means for B2B Brands National retailers are no longer waiting for November 12 to make hemp category decisions. Across grocery, natural foods, pharmacy, and specialty retail channels, buyers are actively reviewing their hemp assortments, requesting documentation from existing...

FTC Targets Hemp Health Claims: What the New Warning Letter Wave Means for Your Marketing The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new round of warning letters to hemp and CBD companies making what the agency characterizes as unsubstantiated health claims. The latest letters are notable not just for the...

USDA Hemp Program Issues New Guidance on Licensing, Crop Reporting, and the 2026 Growing Season USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has released updated guidance for licensed hemp producers and state hemp programs covering the 2026 growing season. The guidance addresses several areas where the transition to the November 12 compliance framework...

EU Hemp Framework Shifts Create New Sourcing Options for US B2B Buyers While the US hemp industry has been focused on the November 12 federal compliance deadline, significant regulatory changes in the European Union have been reshaping the international hemp ingredient market. For US B2B buyers, the EU framework shifts...

Griffith Hemp Regulation Alternative Draws Opposition From Both Sides as Farm Bill Debate Continues Another Legislative Proposal, Another Industry Divide Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has put forward a hemp regulation alternative that takes a distinct approach from both the 2024 Farm Bill's enforcement framework and the competing proposals circulating in...

White House Drug Control Strategy Puts Intoxicating Hemp in the Crosshairs — What B2B Brands Must Know The Trump administration released its 2026 National Drug Control Strategy on May 4, 2026 — and for the hemp industry, the document contains a clear and deliberate signal. The White House Office of...

Paul, Klobuchar, Ernst Introduce Hemp Safety Enforcement Act: The State Opt-Out Bill Explained On April 16, 2026, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced the Hemp Safety Enforcement Act — a bipartisan Senate bill that would create a state opt-out mechanism from the federal hemp...

Trump Administration Claims New Legal Authority to Act Against Intoxicating Hemp — What It Changes For most of the past six months, the working assumption in the hemp industry has been clear: the November 12, 2026 date is the compliance cliff — the date after which products that don’t meet...