The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) says it’s pleased with the final rule for hemp that was recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—but there are still outstanding concerns over select regulations.
The agency’s Office of Advocacy said in a blog post on Tuesday that it is “pleased with some of the changes that [USDA] has made to the rule, as they offer more certainty and are less burdensome to small farmers.”
Those changes include extending the testing window for hemp from 15 to 30 days, postponing until 2022 the requirement that only Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-certified labs can conduct such testing and allowing for more flexible disposal and remediation practices.
But while these are improvements that take into account stakeholder input, SBA said that “some concerns remained unaddressed in the final rule.”
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