The Australian Industrial Hemp Alliance (AIHA) has accused the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) of issuing contradictory statements and missing a deadline to clarify the rules governing the use of hemp products in animal food.
The dispute centres on whether hemp products should be treated as basic nutrition –classed as excluded nutritional or digestive products (END) — or as veterinary chemical products (VCPs), which require costly registration and lengthy approval.
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