The head of the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is pushing back against a GOP senator’s “incorrect assertions” about the state’s regulatory compliance with federal hemp laws. But he’s also signaling that changes may be coming to measure “total THC” to determine the legality of hemp products in a way that some stakeholders worry could negatively impact the industry.
After the legislature failed to pass a controversial bill to ban hemp products containing any amount of THC during two special sessions following the governor’s veto of a similar measure earlier this year, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order to impose certain restrictions on the market.
In response, the sponsor of the ban bill, Sen. Charles Perry (R), sent a letter to TDA and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) requesting what he desribed as “narrowly tailored” changes to the state’s hemp laws. Specifically, he said he wanted the crop and its derivatives to be tested for total THC content—including THCA—rather than just delta-9 THC, to determine legal status.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) was somewhat critical of Perry’s characterization of current state hemp laws, emphasizing in a press release on Wednesday that “since day one of
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