All food additives must be tested for potential harmful effects on human health before they can be used as ingredients in food. This includes the different components of the hemp plant. An FDA evaluation was completed for the seed of the hemp plant, and those ingredients have been identified as Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) ingredients. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) also consults with FDA for all ingredients used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
Parts of the Cannabis sativa plant are considered drugs and are controlled under the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Nationally, FDA regulations establish the legal basis for the sale or use of food and drug products. Under FDA law, a product or ingredient cannot be both a food and a drug. Minnesota adopts federal law, where other states may have their own laws regarding the sale of cannabis.
The FDA is working to answer questions about the science, safety, and quality of products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds. More information can be found in their document “What You Need to Know (And What We’re Working to Find Out) About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-derived Compounds, Including CBD.”
All food additives must be tested for potential harmful effects on human health before they can be used as ingredients in food. This includes the different components of the hemp plant. An FDA evaluation was completed for the seed of the hemp plant, and those ingredients have been identified as Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) ingredients. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) also consults with FDA for all ingredients used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
Parts of the Cannabis sativa plant are considered drugs and are controlled under the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Nationally, FDA regulations establish the legal basis for the sale or use of food and drug products. Under FDA law, a product or ingredient cannot be both a food and a drug. Minnesota adopts federal law, where other states may have their own laws regarding the sale of cannabis.
The FDA is working to answer questions about the science, safety, and quality of products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds. More information can be found in their document “What You Need to Know (And What We’re Working to Find Out) About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-derived Compounds, Including CBD.”
Farmers in Minnesota looking to enter or exit farming have two new resources available, through a partnership between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) and Minnesota Dairy Initiative (MDI).
Both can work with farmers to put together “kitchen table” on-farm teams to help farmers navigate their way through farm transition and succession planning.
Areas such as property law, property transfer, establishment and dissolution of partnerships, leases and other contracts, accounting, lending, psychological or spiritual support, and other types of support are available.
The MFBF team can work with all Minnesota farmers, regardless of membership status with the Farm Bureau. Contact Paul Lanoue at 651-768-2100 or paul.lanoue@fbmn.org for more information.
Minnesota dairy farmers can work with the MDI. Contact Emily Mollenhauer (651) 764-0309 or emmollenhauer@gmail.com for more information.
This service is available on a first-come, first-served basis until funding for the fiscal year runs out. Assistance is provided until farmers are comfortable continuing on their own.
Minnesota farmers can also use the MDA’s FarmLink program at any time to connect farmers looking to exit farming with prospective buyers or renters looking to enter farming, and experienced farmers with beginning farmers.
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Media Contact
Larry Schumacher, MDA Communications
651-201-6629
larry.schumacher@state.mn.us