A ban on the sale of CBD and other hemp-derived products intended for pets and farm animals will go into effect Nov. 1 in Idaho after the state’s Department of Agriculture determined they are illegal.
“These products are considered adulterated. They’re considered that way at the federal level and the state level,” Chanel Tewalt, the agency’s deputy director, told Boise TV station KBOI.
Under the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, products intended to treat a disease or which have a therapeutic or medical application, or any non-food product that affects the structure or function of the human or animal body is considered a drug.
The Idaho policy taking effect next month was first published in July. It says: “Idaho law does not recognize hemp as a feed or remedy ingredient. Safe levels of hemp and hemp-derived products in animal feed have not yet been established under federal or state law.
“As such, these products are not approved feed ingredients and cannot lawfully be added to or incorporated into commercial feed. This includes feeds, treats and remedies intended for pets, livestock, or any other animal.”
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