BSJ Developing Plan To Ensure Jamaica's Ganja Is Protected

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The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), which was mandated to design a regulatory plan for the decriminalised ganja industry, has developed a 17-step scientific footprint proposal.

According to the BSJ, the new ganja industry, which will be standards-led and market-driven, will operate based on a tracking and tracing system.

"We will be tracking and tracing the processes involved from seed to sale," BSJ Chairman Professor Winston Davidson told The Sunday Gleaner.

"We can label every single plant through radio frequency identification, and outside of that tracking and tracing system, you will be deemed illegal. And not only the Government will be against you, but legitimate planters will be against you because we do not want to have any underground economy."

 

1) Determining Intellectual Property (IP) Rights Owners

 

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton has tasked the BSJ to first protect the rights and heritage of the community...

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