Farmers missing out on $1 billion hemp food market
GREENS MP and agricultural spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham visited a Goolmangar rice farm yesterday to reveal his party's intention to initiate a parliamentary inquiry into hemp food, which would investigate government roadblocks that restrict NSW hemp farmers from the $1 billion international hemp food market.
"Since Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) have indicated it (hemp seed) is safe, we want to launch a parliamentary inquiry to change the legislation and regulation in an effort to get hemp food and fibre production up and running, into the marketplace, into retail outlets and into the diets of all Australians," he said.
Mr Buckingham said the inquiry might investigate the police agency assertion that hemp seed interferes with highly sensitive roadside saliva swab drug tests.
Hemp Food CEO and inventor of an export-only hemp seed food bar Paul Benhaim said FSANZ had provided the COAG Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation...
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