Virginia authorities are cracking down on stores selling unauthorized hemp-derived products under a new law and handing out significant fines in the enforcement push.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) had issued five noncompliance letters to businesses as of late July, with fines ranging from $13,000 to $97,500, the Virginia Mercury reported.
ADVERTISEMENT
The fines could be reduced to $10,000 if business owners “agree to bring their stores into compliance and meet other conditions,” according to the newspaper.
The store that faced the largest fine reportedly sold some hemp products containing more than the 0.3% legal limit of THC and others that contained synthetic THC as well as goods that looked like mainstream snacks.
Future violations of the same rules will lead to increased penalties, the VDACS warned.
All the fined businesses failed to submit required paperwork disclosing the sale of edible hemp
Read full article on Marijuana Business Daily
