DES MOINES, Iowa — The new Iowa law that caps THC levels in hemp foods and drinks has been in effect for a couple of months.
Companies have had to change their packaging and labels to meet the new standards, but now the state is changing its labeling rules to make things a little easier on retailers and distributors.
Iowa Health and Human Services (HHS) was tapped to quickly establish some ground rules for the state’s new hemp law shortly after the law took effect in July.
Now, HHS is making some adjustments to the new label requirements, so it’s easier for companies who want to sell in Iowa and out of state without having to have an Iowa-specific label.
But the department is sticking with its guidelines that a 12 ounce beverage is considered a serving size, and there can only be four milligrams of THC in a serving even though the law says you could have 10 milligrams in a container.
Democrats took issue with that conflict between the rules and the way the law is actually written and asked for the rules to be delayed until next session.
“Since that lawsuit has continued and they have not found, it was found that the rules were clear enough because we did not object, I just, I personally like to move that we again put a vote to put a legislative delay on these rules,” State Rep. Amy Nielsen (D) North Liberty said.
“We may have had a different understanding in the past of how it would be implemented certainly not outside of the language the black and white letter of the law,” State Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) Ankeny said.
The committee voted Democrats down three to six, meaning the law and the rules are still in effect.
We’re a couple months into the new iowa law that caps t-h-c levels in hemp foods and drinks.We’ve told you before about how companies have had to change packagi Read More