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This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume One, Edition Twelve, for Wednesday, August Twenty-Sixth.
Our top story. An updated Congressional Research Service report says the Food and Drug Administration is six months late on hemp guidance that Congress required by February Tenth. The agency has yet to publish lists of naturally occurring cannabinoids and THC-class compounds, and guidance defining the word container — the term that determines how the new zero point four milligram total THC cap applies to a can, a multipack, or a case. Those caps take effect November Twelfth. Hemp entrepreneur Jim Higdon said it is difficult to comply with the law while key definitions are still in question.
In other federal news, House members remain divided over the Senate's one-month delay of those hemp THC caps. The Senate stopgap bill would move the compliance date from November Twelfth to December Eleventh. Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia said he favors delaying implementation, while Representative Andy Harris of Maryland opposes a delay, calling the products intoxicating and unregulated. The chambers must reconcile their bills before funding lapses September Thirtieth.
Around the states. California lawmakers sent Governor Newsom a bill barring cannabis packaging that appeals to minors, effective January First, Twenty Twenty-Eight if signed. An Oregon senator plans a Twenty Twenty-Seven push to cap cannabis edibles, including drinks, at ten milligrams of THC. And in Wisconsin, Forward Beverage Company said its Wausau THC-beverage taproom will close September Thirteenth, with the owner saying ninety-five percent of its products would not be allowed under the incoming federal standard.
On the radar: the corrected D E A rescheduling hearing transcript is due today. Canada's retaliatory tariffs are set to begin September Eighth. And the federal hemp THC limits arrive November Twelfth.
Full details and source links are in today's email. This update is for general information only — it is not legal advice.