Hemp food products approved for human consumption in Australia and New Zealand

It will soon be legal to consume hemp food products in Australia and New Zealand, after a landmark decision made in South Australia.

Key points:

Before today all species of cannabis were prohibited from being added or sold as food Concern over people testing positive on roadside drug tests dismissed You cannot get high from consuming low THC hemp seeds

An ongoing campaign to change food regulations culminated in a meeting of federal and state food ministers today, where it was decided low-THC hemp seeds were fit for human consumption.

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> low-THC hemp seeds were fit for human consumption

Fine. I knew there was work on low-THC hemp, but had only heard of that in connection with medicinal drugs.

Would somebody eating a product made from low-THC hemp fail a drugs test?

mollwollfumble said:

Would somebody eating a product made from low-THC hemp fail a drugs test?

Quite possibly – Mythbusters did a test where they fed someone bread buns with the tops covered in the regular poppy seeds. They failed the drug test when tested a short while later.

Tau.Neutrino said:

< You cannot get high from consuming low THC hemp seeds

An ongoing campaign to change food regulations culminated in a meeting of federal and state food ministers today, where it was decided low-THC hemp seeds were fit for human consumption.

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You cannot get high from any cannabis seed. It is perfectly fit for consumption from any cannabis plant. There is NO.. repeat NO drug content in ANY cannabis seed or cannabis seed oil.

Seeds contain trace amounts of THC, although Google says there are several places where one could purchase high THC seeds.

http://herb.co/2015/06/26/10-facts-about-cannabis-seeds/

Divine Angel said:

Seeds contain trace amounts of THC, although Google says there are several places where one could purchase high THC seeds.

http://herb.co/2015/06/26/10-facts-about-cannabis-seeds/

The oils from the seed doesn’t contain THC but if you crush the seeds with the husks on, some THC may be present on the outer hulls.

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Seeds contain trace amounts of THC, although Google says there are several places where one could purchase high THC seeds.

http://herb.co/2015/06/26/10-facts-about-cannabis-seeds/

The oils from the seed doesn’t contain THC but if you crush the seeds with the husks on, some THC may be present on the outer hulls.

★ The THC Issue

Health agencies and media routinely raise the question: do hemp seeds and oil contain too much tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana? Even hemp oil from European or Chinese low-THC varieties of industrial hemp routinely contains traces of THC, though too low to cause any noticeable effects. Surveys typically find 5-20 ppm (mg/kg).

The Swiss Government recently set a 50 parts per million (ppm) maximum limit for THC in food. This suggests that THC in hemp oil usually does not pose the risk of involuntary intoxication or other health risks. Health Canada has set a more conservative limit of 10 ppm which many imported oils may fail to meet.However, there are several ways to further reduce the THC content of hemp oil and other foods from hemp seeds.

Hemp seeds themselves do not contain THC. Rather, it is present in the flowers and their sticky resins may leave traces of THC on the seeds.
It comes as no surprise that thorough cleaning of the seeds, or even de-hulling, and the use of varieties with a very low THC-content have proven effective in reducing THC levels in oil to less than 5 ppm. Hemp oil producers now increasingly turn to these methods.

To provide guidance to decision makers, the nova institute recently suggested THC limits for various food products. see e.g. at the website of the North American Industrial Hemp Council www.naihc.org They provide a wide margin of safety from psychoactive effects and can be met as long as seeds are properly cleaned and low-THC varieties are used.
https://australianhempparty.com/cannabis/hemp-seed-oil

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Seeds contain trace amounts of THC, although Google says there are several places where one could purchase high THC seeds.

http://herb.co/2015/06/26/10-facts-about-cannabis-seeds/

The oils from the seed doesn’t contain THC but if you crush the seeds with the husks on, some THC may be present on the outer hulls.

★ The THC Issue

Health agencies and media routinely raise the question: do hemp seeds and oil contain too much tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana? Even hemp oil from European or Chinese low-THC varieties of industrial hemp routinely contains traces of THC, though too low to cause any noticeable effects. Surveys typically find 5-20 ppm (mg/kg).

The Swiss Government recently set a 50 parts per million (ppm) maximum limit for THC in food. This suggests that THC in hemp oil usually does not pose the risk of involuntary intoxication or other health risks. Health Canada has set a more conservative limit of 10 ppm which many imported oils may fail to meet.However, there are several ways to further reduce the THC content of hemp oil and other foods from hemp seeds.

Hemp seeds themselves do not contain THC. Rather, it is present in the flowers and their sticky resins may leave traces of THC on the seeds.
It comes as no surprise that thorough cleaning of the seeds, or even de-hulling, and the use of varieties with a very low THC-content have proven effective in reducing THC levels in oil to less than 5 ppm. Hemp oil producers now increasingly turn to these methods.

To provide guidance to decision makers, the nova institute recently suggested THC limits for various food products. see e.g. at the website of the North American Industrial Hemp Council www.naihc.org They provide a wide margin of safety from psychoactive effects and can be met as long as seeds are properly cleaned and low-THC varieties are used.
https://australianhempparty.com/cannabis/hemp-seed-oil

It’s in print, so can’t be wrong.

:) The list of people killed by maryjane must be long if it was killing people in the 1930’s. The strange thing is history of use is longer than the period of known agriculture.

Marijuana smoking is still smoking.

And smoking causes lung cancer.

I don’t see any problem in eating it, though.