New Zealand Hemp Industries Association
Promoting the Economic, Environmental, Health and Social Benefits of the NZ Hemp Industry
The Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) Regulations need to be tweaked to make them more workable for the iHemp Industry. The NZHIA have written to the Director General of Health and the Ministers highlighting our concerns at the work ability of the Regulations. NZHIA Director General Letter 16 September 2015 We have forwarded information to senior …
The NZHIA Executive invite you to join the New Zealand Hemp Industries Association Inc. If you’re interested or involved please get in touch. We began representing the local industry following our incorporation in 1997, we lobbied hard to get the trials established in 2000. And as part of the Governments Inter-Agency Working Group we worked …
NZHIA meets MPI and MOH Members of the Executive meet with Officials from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Primary Industries, in Wellington on 8 April 2015. This was the first meeting since the NZHIA has restarted on 1 April 2015. Our aim from the meeting was to open communication channels whilst highlighting hurdles …
Hemp Seed Foods A1039 Low THC Hemp Seed Foods has been rejected On 30 January the Forum of Food Ministers voted to reject, Application A1039 – Low THC hemp as a food. This is the end of A 1039 (2010-2015), which was the same fate as its predecessor, A360 Hemp as a Novel Food (1998-2002, …
NZHIA puts hemp seed food issue on the TV3 news TV3 recently visited Penny Young, NZHIA Secretary at her hemp farm in Hunna, South Auckland http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/growers-push-to-relax-restrictions-on-hemp-2015032817 New Zealand industry and government want access to hemp foods, but as we share food safety standards with Australia we were outvoted in the FSANZ, meeting on 30 …
A1039 Low THC Foods – The FSANZ forum of Food Ministers voted no to the application on 30 Jan 2015. Despite their own FSANZ official recommendation to accept the variation to the food standard, the Forum of Food and Health Minsters have voted “NO” to A1039. They could only decide to accept, amend or reject …
The Nine Australian and One New Zealand Food and Health Ministers will vote on A 1039 on Friday 30 January 2015. The Ten Ministers of the FSANZ Forum will meet in The Pullman Hotel, Auckland on Friday 3oth. This could be a milestone date, as a yes vote to the variation to the Food Standard 1.4.4 …
The NZHIA have written a letter to the 16 Food Ministers representing the Forum, 10 of whom will vote on Application A1039 low THC hemp foods in Jan or Feb 2014. This letter was sent to encourage the Ministers to vote “YES” to the variation to the Food Standard put forward by FSANZ (Food Safety Australia New …
On 21 December 2014 the FSANZ (Foods Safety Australia and New Zealand) reaffirmed its approval of the draft variation to allow limited access to low THC hemp seed foods for human consumption (http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/applications/Pages/applicationa1039lowt4708.aspx) The Forum now has 60 days to accept, amend or reject the variation. So a decision should be available before 18 February …
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