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AAFC – Industry-Government COVID-19 monitoring call
June092021

AAC – Téléconférence de suivi sur la COVID-19 entre l’industrie et le gouvernement

We would like to send you a few updates regarding COVID-19 and ask you to share this information in your networks. Please continue to consult the AAFC website regularly for updates.

Updates regarding COVID-19 and ask you to share this information in your networks.

Haney, a well-known expert on the production and processing of hemp, will be speaking 16June2021 during the Regulation, Policy and Commerce session (13:30 EST).

CHTA is excited to bring our 2021 conference virtually to you again this year!
Save the date to join us.

COVID-19 information sharing conference calls - Stakeholder feedback | Conférences téléphoniques pour le partage d'informations COVID-19 Commentaires des parties prenantes

COVID-19 Weekly Information Update – June 4th, 2021 / COVID-19 - Mise à jour de la semaine – le 4 juin 2021

AAFC COVID-19 Industry-Government working group call summary - May 12 and 26, 2021 // AAC groupe de travail sur la COVID-19 entre l’industrie et le gouvernement - 12 et 26 mai 2021

Plant breeders, seed companies, and members of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) are invited to nominate industrial hemp cultivars for inclusion in CHTA's 2021 National Hemp Variety Field Trials program. Cultivars listed on Health Canada's List of Approved Cultivars (LOAC) and legal research cultivars are eligible for nomination to the program.

Please find attached the signed bilingual Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Exemption and links below to the “Minimizing the Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada Order (Quarantine, Isolation and Other Obligations (PC #2021-075),” and information on the temporary exemption for agriculture, agri-food and seafood workers

COVID-19 Weekly Information Update – March 5, 2021 / COVID-19 - Mise à jour de la semaine – le 5 mars 2021

Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) Media Release regarding the December 2020 United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) decisions regarding international regulations for industrial hemp (hemp) and cannabis.

Invitation to participated with CHTA on National and International Hemp events

The CHTA held its annual conference on Nov 12 & 13. With speakers and attendees from around the world it was a resounding success. Read the official Media Release.

The CHTA has been working on a common position, together with hemp associations around the world, on the classification of hemp as an agricultural product rather than a drug. Today, a common position paper was released worldwide.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has posted a recorded informational webinar to outline key provisions of the Final Rule establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program, which went into effect March 22, 2021.

The CHTA is proud to have been a contributor to the groundbreaking new position paper "Common Position of the Industrial Hemp Sector on the Single Convention and the International Drug Control System" that brings the hemp producing world together under one set of guidelines. To read the entire follow this link.

Hemp associations from all over the world join forces and speak out: industrial hemp is an agricultural product, not a drug

For Immediate Release
2019/11/27
“Hemp is the most exciting industry in Canada today”

Canadian consumers and industry require a more appropriate regulatory environment for CBD and other hemp-derived cannabinoids

Mexico's Central Customs Office Sends Correspondence Indicating Import Certificate from COFEPRIS is NOT REQUIRED for Canadian Hemp Seed and Oil Exports

USDA announcement about importing Canadian hemp seeds

Hemp Promotion and Research Agency:
An Important Step for Canadian Hemp Producers

INDUSTRIAL HEMP LICENSING STATISTICS FOR 2017*